diff --git a/tools/check_for_upgrade.sh b/tools/check_for_upgrade.sh
index 149500aa9..009c273fa 100644
--- a/tools/check_for_upgrade.sh
+++ b/tools/check_for_upgrade.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function is_update_available() {
   local remote_head
   remote_head=$(
     if (( ${+commands[curl]} )); then
-      curl -m 2 -fsSL -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.sha' $api_url 2>/dev/null
+      curl --conect-timeout 2 -fsSL -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.sha' $api_url 2>/dev/null
     elif (( ${+commands[wget]} )); then
       wget -T 2 -O- --header='Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.sha' $api_url 2>/dev/null
     elif (( ${+commands[fetch]} )); then