diff --git a/extensions/notebook/resources/jupyter_config/sparkmagic_config.json b/extensions/notebook/resources/jupyter_config/sparkmagic_config.json
index aa143666d1..966e4154e9 100644
--- a/extensions/notebook/resources/jupyter_config/sparkmagic_config.json
+++ b/extensions/notebook/resources/jupyter_config/sparkmagic_config.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 		"auth": "None"
 	},
 	"ignore_ssl_errors": true,
+	"livy_session_startup_timeout_seconds": 100,
 	"logging_config": {
 		"version": 1,
 		"formatters": {
@@ -37,4 +38,4 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts b/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts
index b14dd36031..018324f87f 100644
--- a/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const configBase = {
 	},
 
 	'ignore_ssl_errors': true,
+	'livy_session_startup_timeout_seconds': 100,
 
 	'logging_config': {
 		'version': 1,