diff --git a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 1e87437..50ef831 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ nginx_confd_path: /etc/nginx/conf.d
 # parent directory of vhost roots
 nginx_root_prefix: "{{ web_root_prefix }}"
 
-# 1 hour timeout
-nginx_ssl_session_timeout: 1h
+# 1 day timeout
+nginx_ssl_session_timeout: 1d
 # 10MB -> 40,000 sessions
 nginx_ssl_session_cache: shared:SSL:10m
 nginx_ssl_buffer_size: 4k