diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c3e1d3..25ad909 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.2.1
+* Changed: Increased timeout for fetch_meter_stream() from 5 seconds to 60 seconds. Output a warning, if it take longer than 5 seconds
+
 ## v0.2.0
 * Added: StatusCode: 7 = Running; 8 = Standby (if power below 5 W)
 
diff --git a/dbus-enphase-envoy/dbus-enphase-envoy.py b/dbus-enphase-envoy/dbus-enphase-envoy.py
index ab76b3f..dd6f371 100644
--- a/dbus-enphase-envoy/dbus-enphase-envoy.py
+++ b/dbus-enphase-envoy/dbus-enphase-envoy.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def fetch_meter_stream():
                 response = requests.get(
                     url,
                     stream=True,
-                    timeout=5,
+                    timeout=60,
                     headers=request_headers,
                     verify=False
                 )
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def fetch_meter_stream():
                 response = requests.get(
                     url,
                     stream=True,
-                    timeout=5,
+                    timeout=60,
                     auth=HTTPDigestAuth('installer', config['ENVOY']['password'])
                 )
 
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ def fetch_meter_stream():
                 keep_running = False
                 sys.exit()
 
+            if response.elapsed.total_seconds() > 5:
+                logging.warning("--> fetch_meter_stream(): HTTP request took longer than 5 seconds: %s seconds" % response.elapsed.total_seconds())
+
             for row in response.iter_lines():
 
                 if keep_running is False:
@@ -1330,7 +1333,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/ProductId', 0xFFFF)
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/ProductName', productname)
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/CustomName', productname)
-        self._dbusservice.add_path('/FirmwareVersion', '0.2.0 (20231107)')
+        self._dbusservice.add_path('/FirmwareVersion', '0.2.1 (20231204)')
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/HardwareVersion', hardware)
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/Connected', 1)