diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1c5491..7e4e7dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.2.12 -
+	* amazon can be slow.  increase some timeouts.
+
 0.2.11 -
 	* dns.updateRecord() doesn't fail if no previous record exists
 
diff --git a/lib/ssh.js b/lib/ssh.js
index a7a8846..46bdd01 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.js
+++ b/lib/ssh.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ child_process = require('child_process'),
 temp = require('temp'),
 fs = require('fs');
 
-const MAX_TRIES = 20;
+const MAX_TRIES = 40;
 
 exports.copyUpConfig = function(host, config, cb) {
   var tries = 0;