diff --git a/software/apache-frontend/common.cfg b/software/apache-frontend/common.cfg
index 343b02db0b2b526ab2027449a150b2c16642fdc9..8270bbeda7f84cfa8c956bce6fb8dc93c1daa92a 100644
--- a/software/apache-frontend/common.cfg
+++ b/software/apache-frontend/common.cfg
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ md5sum = 8cde04bfd0c0e9bd56744b988275cfd8
 recipe = hexagonit.recipe.download
 ignore-existing = true
 url = ${:_profile_base_location_}/templates/trafficserver/${:filename}
-md5sum = 65afeef0229430ad8a6fbc57298b787b
+md5sum = 59287d2de3d948b135619edd211a5e84
 location = ${buildout:parts-directory}/${:_buildout_section_name_}
 filename = records.config.jinja2
 download-only = true
diff --git a/software/apache-frontend/templates/trafficserver/records.config.jinja2 b/software/apache-frontend/templates/trafficserver/records.config.jinja2
index 875a86a315d33defd8828cbae541a171a3e501c5..5260670758f67271b615117e01b7f6c7a68fb242 100644
--- a/software/apache-frontend/templates/trafficserver/records.config.jinja2
+++ b/software/apache-frontend/templates/trafficserver/records.config.jinja2
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ CONFIG proxy.config.http.background_fill_completed_threshold FLOAT 0.5
    ##################################
    # origin server connect attempts #
    ##################################
-CONFIG proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_max_retries INT 6
+CONFIG proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_max_retries INT 1
 CONFIG proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_max_retries_dead_server INT 3
 CONFIG proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_rr_retries INT 3
-CONFIG proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_timeout INT 30
+CONFIG proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_timeout INT 160
 CONFIG proxy.config.http.post_connect_attempts_timeout INT 1800
 CONFIG proxy.config.http.down_server.cache_time INT 300
 CONFIG proxy.config.http.down_server.abort_threshold INT 10