diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/https.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/https.j2
index accab37..10d5849 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/https.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/https.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     ssl_certificate {{ tls_key_dir }}/{{ domain_name }}.crt.pem;
     ssl_certificate_key {{ tls_key_dir }}/{{ domain_name }}.crt.pem;
 
-    ssl_session_timeout 5m;
+    ssl_session_timeout 24h;            # 24 hour timeout
     ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:1m;    # 1MB -> 4,000 sessions
     ssl_buffer_size 1400;               # 1400 bytes to fit in one MTU