diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 6f04882..2d128a7 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -156,4 +156,4 @@ Common variables (see `app.rag.*` defaults in `application.properties`):
 - `RAG_TOP_K`
 - `RAG_RETURN_K`
 - `RAG_CITATIONS_K`
-- `RAG_RERANKER_TIMEOUT` (default `12s`) — timeout budget for LLM reranking calls
+- `RAG_RERANKER_TIMEOUT` (default `30s`) — timeout budget for LLM reranking calls
diff --git a/docs/retrieval-pipeline.md b/docs/retrieval-pipeline.md
index cccd94a..6dd6aae 100644
--- a/docs/retrieval-pipeline.md
+++ b/docs/retrieval-pipeline.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Each document is presented as `[index] title | url` followed by the first 500 ch
 
 - Model: same provider as chat (OpenAI/GitHub Models)
 - Temperature: `0.0` (deterministic)
-- Timeout: configurable via `app.rag.reranker-timeout` (default 12s)
+- Timeout: configurable via `app.rag.reranker-timeout` (default 30s)
 - Response format: `{"order": [0, 3, 1, 2, ...]}` (0-based indices)
 
 ### Response parsing
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ All four must be non-blank and distinct (validated on startup).
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `app.rag.search-top-k` | `12` | Must be > 0 | Candidates fetched from hybrid search before reranking |
 | `app.rag.search-return-k` | `6` | Must be > 0, must be <= `search-top-k` | Results returned to the LLM after reranking |
-| `app.rag.reranker-timeout` | `12s` | Must be positive | Timeout for LLM reranking call |
+| `app.rag.reranker-timeout` | `30s` | Must be positive | Timeout for LLM reranking call |
 | `app.rag.search-citations` | `3` | Must be >= 0 | Citation references included in the response |
 | `app.rag.search-mmr-lambda` | `0.5` | Must be in [0.0, 1.0] | MMR lambda (higher = relevance, lower = diversity) |
 | `app.rag.chunk-max-tokens` | `900` | Must be > 0 | Max tokens per ingested chunk (see [ingestion.md](ingestion.md)) |