diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d3a3a7..833a38b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Fix `Transaction::rolblack()` failing if a result stream failed before.
 - Fix errors during transaction `BEGIN` not being properly propagated.
 - Fix propagation of `is_retryable()` of errors within transactions.
+- Fix connection hint `connection.recv_timeout_seconds` not always being respected leading to connections timeing out too late.
 
 **🧹Clean-up**
 - ⚠️ Removed useless lifetime parameter from `SessionConfig::with_database()`.
diff --git a/neo4j/src/driver/io/deadline.rs b/neo4j/src/driver/io/deadline.rs
index a95292c..89cc03b 100644
--- a/neo4j/src/driver/io/deadline.rs
+++ b/neo4j/src/driver/io/deadline.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ impl<'tcp, S: Read + Write> DeadlineIO<'tcp, S> {
             // deadline in the future
             Some(timeout) => timeout,
         };
+        if let Some(old_timeout) = old_timeout {
+            if timeout >= old_timeout {
+                let res = work(self);
+                return self.wrap_io_error(res, ReaderErrorDuring::IO);
+            }
+        }
         self.wrap_io_error(
             set_socket_timeout(socket, Some(timeout)),
             ReaderErrorDuring::SetTimeout,