diff --git a/packages/connect-multichain/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/connect-multichain/CHANGELOG.md
index d51f024a..c2c3df24 100644
--- a/packages/connect-multichain/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/connect-multichain/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `ConnectMultichain` now waits 10 seconds (rather than 2 minutes) when attempting to resume a pending connection on initial instantiation via `createMultichainClient()` ([#175](https://github.com/MetaMask/connect-monorepo/pull/175))
 - Fix `beforeunload` event listener not being properly removed on disconnect due to `.bind()` creating different function references, causing a listener leak on each connect/disconnect cycle ([#170](https://github.com/MetaMask/connect-monorepo/pull/170))
 - Rename `StoreAdapterWeb.DB_NAME` from `mmsdk` to `mmconnect` to prevent IndexedDB collisions when the legacy MetaMask SDK and MM Connect run in the same browser context ([#177](https://github.com/MetaMask/connect-monorepo/pull/177))
 - Clean up stale MWP session from KVStore on connection rejection so subsequent QR code connection attempts are not blocked ([#180](https://github.com/MetaMask/connect-monorepo/pull/180))
diff --git a/packages/connect-multichain/src/multichain/transports/mwp/index.ts b/packages/connect-multichain/src/multichain/transports/mwp/index.ts
index 198827a5..611a2e30 100644
--- a/packages/connect-multichain/src/multichain/transports/mwp/index.ts
+++ b/packages/connect-multichain/src/multichain/transports/mwp/index.ts
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ export class MWPTransport implements ExtendedTransport {
       logger('active session found', session);
     }
 
+    const storedSessionRequestBeforeConnectionAttempt = await this.getStoredSessionRequest();
+
     let timeout: NodeJS.Timeout;
     let initialConnectionMessageHandler:
       | ((message: unknown) => Promise<void>)
@@ -518,9 +520,15 @@ export class MWPTransport implements ExtendedTransport {
         );
       }
 
-      timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-        reject(new TransportTimeoutError());
-      }, this.options.connectionTimeout);
+
+      timeout = setTimeout(
+        () => {
+          reject(new TransportTimeoutError());
+        },
+        storedSessionRequestBeforeConnectionAttempt
+          ? this.options.resumeTimeout
+          : this.options.connectionTimeout,
+      );
 
       connection.then(resolve).catch(reject);
     });