diff --git a/GlobalCache.php b/GlobalCache.php
index 02d2fd7454..0deb974a78 100644
--- a/GlobalCache.php
+++ b/GlobalCache.php
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 	'retry_timeout'        => -1,
 	'loggroup'             => 'memcached',
 	// 500ms, in microseconds
-	'timeout'              => 0.25 * 1e6,
+	'timeout'              => 0.5 * 1e6,
+	'allow_tcp_nagle_delay' => false,
 ];
 
 $wgObjectCaches['mysql-multiwrite'] = [
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@
 		'retry_timeout'        => -1,
 		'loggroup'             => 'memcached',
 		// 500ms, in microseconds
-		'timeout'              => 0.25 * 1e6,
+		'timeout'              => 0.5 * 1e6,
+		'allow_tcp_nagle_delay' => false
 	];
 
 	$redisServerIP = '[2a10:6740::6:406]:6379';