diff --git a/cmd/dendrite-demo-pinecone/conn/client.go b/cmd/dendrite-demo-pinecone/conn/client.go
index 66f9ebfa..954564d4 100644
--- a/cmd/dendrite-demo-pinecone/conn/client.go
+++ b/cmd/dendrite-demo-pinecone/conn/client.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup"
@@ -16,15 +17,24 @@ import (
 
 func ConnectToPeer(pRouter *pineconeRouter.Router, peer string) error {
 	var parent net.Conn
+	dialer := net.Dialer{
+		Timeout:   time.Second * 5,
+		KeepAlive: time.Second * 5,
+	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(peer, "ws://") || strings.HasPrefix(peer, "wss://") {
-		c, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(peer, nil)
+		wsdialer := websocket.Dialer{
+			NetDial:          dialer.Dial,
+			NetDialContext:   dialer.DialContext,
+			HandshakeTimeout: time.Second * 5,
+		}
+		c, _, err := wsdialer.Dial(peer, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial: %w", err)
 		}
 		parent = WrapWebSocketConn(c)
 	} else {
 		var err error
-		parent, err = net.Dial("tcp", peer)
+		parent, err = dialer.Dial("tcp", peer)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("net.Dial: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7f8bb4d..f41fdc39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200827122206-7dd5e2a05bcd
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20210302161955-6142fe3f8c2c
 	github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20201009174903-d26a3b9cb161
-	github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210518151943-2556e2cf7820
+	github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210524095705-54dc83854438
 	github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20200807132607-55161520e1d4
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.7-0.20210414154423-1157a4212dcb
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 442f38a8..e7dbe0cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -712,6 +712,8 @@ github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210518145819-76f42940e9b9 h1:foRhM2ZUQ46
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210518145819-76f42940e9b9/go.mod h1:UQzJS6UVyVwfkr+RLrdvBB1vLyECqe3fLYNcbRxv8SA=
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210518151943-2556e2cf7820 h1:OflgibJOmt1WvP5TxEES0i1dHj40K+pwmtQ155hZQX8=
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210518151943-2556e2cf7820/go.mod h1:UQzJS6UVyVwfkr+RLrdvBB1vLyECqe3fLYNcbRxv8SA=
+github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210524095705-54dc83854438 h1:pfYBf8db9X8fsieJOUZqv6Evz6YByP+n9rOTzTPC66U=
+github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.0.0-20210524095705-54dc83854438/go.mod h1:UQzJS6UVyVwfkr+RLrdvBB1vLyECqe3fLYNcbRxv8SA=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20190711121626-527ce5ddefc7/go.mod h1:vVQlW/emklohkZnOPwD3LrZUBqdfsbiyO3p1lNV8F6U=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20200807132607-55161520e1d4 h1:eCEHXWDv9Rm335MSuB49mFUK44bwZPFSDde3ORE3syk=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20200807132607-55161520e1d4/go.mod h1:vVQlW/emklohkZnOPwD3LrZUBqdfsbiyO3p1lNV8F6U=