diff --git a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
index b65bfc5ab8..569268ea15 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace esphome {
 static const char *const TAG = "esphome.ota";
 static constexpr uint16_t OTA_BLOCK_SIZE = 8192;
 static constexpr size_t OTA_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;                  // buffer size for OTA data transfer
-static constexpr uint32_t OTA_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_HANDSHAKE = 10000;  // milliseconds for initial handshake
+static constexpr uint32_t OTA_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_HANDSHAKE = 20000;  // milliseconds for initial handshake
 static constexpr uint32_t OTA_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_DATA = 90000;       // milliseconds for data transfer
 
 #ifdef USE_OTA_PASSWORD
diff --git a/esphome/espota2.py b/esphome/espota2.py
index 2712d00127..17a1da8235 100644
--- a/esphome/espota2.py
+++ b/esphome/espota2.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def run_ota_impl_(
         af, socktype, _, _, sa = r
         _LOGGER.info("Connecting to %s port %s...", sa[0], sa[1])
         sock = socket.socket(af, socktype)
-        sock.settimeout(10.0)
+        sock.settimeout(20.0)
         try:
             sock.connect(sa)
         except OSError as err:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_espota2.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_espota2.py
index bd1a6bde81..52c72291d6 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_espota2.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_espota2.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def test_run_ota_impl_successful(
     assert result_host == "192.168.1.100"
 
     # Verify socket was configured correctly
-    mock_socket.settimeout.assert_called_with(10.0)
+    mock_socket.settimeout.assert_called_with(20.0)
     mock_socket.connect.assert_called_once_with(("192.168.1.100", 3232))
     mock_socket.close.assert_called_once()