diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Req 3.8.0
+
+* Adjusted the value of the `httpConfigRetryJudgeException` field of
+  `defaultHttpConfig` to retry on response timeouts and connection timeouts.
+
 ## Req 3.7.0
 
 * Added `reqCb`, a function that allows you to modify the `Request` object
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Req.hs b/Network/HTTP/Req.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Req.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Req.hs
@@ -716,7 +716,9 @@
     -- @since 0.3.0
     httpConfigRetryJudge :: forall b. RetryStatus -> L.Response b -> Bool,
     -- | Similar to 'httpConfigRetryJudge', but is used to decide when to
-    -- retry requests that resulted in an exception.
+    -- retry requests that resulted in an exception. By default it retries
+    -- on response timeout and connection timeout (changed in version
+    -- /3.8.0/).
     --
     -- @since 3.4.0
     httpConfigRetryJudgeException :: RetryStatus -> SomeException -> Bool,
@@ -750,7 +752,14 @@
                    598, -- (Informal convention) Network read timeout error
                    599 -- (Informal convention) Network connect timeout error
                  ],
-      httpConfigRetryJudgeException = \_ _ -> False,
+      httpConfigRetryJudgeException = \_ e ->
+        case fromException e of
+          Just (L.HttpExceptionRequest _ c) ->
+            case c of
+              L.ResponseTimeout -> True
+              L.ConnectionTimeout -> True
+              _ -> False
+          _ -> False,
       httpConfigBodyPreviewLength = 1024
     }
   where
diff --git a/req.cabal b/req.cabal
--- a/req.cabal
+++ b/req.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   1.18
 name:            req
-version:         3.7.0
+version:         3.8.0
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE.md
 maintainer:      Mark Karpov <markkarpov92@gmail.com>