diff --git a/airbyte-to-flow/src/connector_runner.rs b/airbyte-to-flow/src/connector_runner.rs
index 1c09e15745fd..d364c8f85b3d 100644
--- a/airbyte-to-flow/src/connector_runner.rs
+++ b/airbyte-to-flow/src/connector_runner.rs
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ pub async fn run_airbyte_source_connector(
         let _ = ping_sender.try_send(());
     });
 
-    // 10 minute timeout on ping
+    // Four hour timeout on inactivity.
     let ping_timeout_task = async move {
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 Some(_) = ping_receiver.next() => { continue },
-                _ = tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(60 * 10)) => {
-                    tracing::warn!("connector has been idle for the past 10 minutes. restarting.");
+                _ = tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(4 * 3600)) => {
+                    tracing::warn!("Connector has been idle for the past four hours. Restarting...");
                     break
                 }
             }