diff --git a/inc/Engine/Common/JobManager/APIHandler/AbstractSafeAPIClient.php b/inc/Engine/Common/JobManager/APIHandler/AbstractSafeAPIClient.php
index a539b9059d..2e4d0acb48 100644
--- a/inc/Engine/Common/JobManager/APIHandler/AbstractSafeAPIClient.php
+++ b/inc/Engine/Common/JobManager/APIHandler/AbstractSafeAPIClient.php
@@ -63,22 +63,25 @@ public function send_post_request( $params = [], $safe = false ) {
 	private function send_request( $method, $params = [], $safe = false ) {
 		$api_url = $this->get_api_url();
 
-		if ( get_transient( $this->get_transient_key() . '_timeout_active' ) ) {
+		$transient_key = $this->get_transient_key();
+		if ( get_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout_active' ) ) {
 			return new WP_Error( 429, __( 'Too many requests.', 'rocket' ) );
 		}
+		// Get previous_expiration early to avoid multiple parallel requests increasing the expiration multiple times.
+		$previous_expiration = (int) get_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout' );
 
 		$params['method'] = strtoupper( $method );
 
 		$response = $this->send_remote_request( $api_url, $method, $params, $safe );
 
 		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
-			$this->set_timeout_transients();
+			$this->set_timeout_transients( $previous_expiration );
 			return $response;
 		}
 
 		$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
 		if ( empty( $body ) || ( is_array( $response ) && ! empty( $response['response']['code'] ) && 200 !== $response['response']['code'] ) ) {
-			$this->set_timeout_transients();
+			$this->set_timeout_transients( $previous_expiration );
 			return new WP_Error( 500, __( 'Not valid response.', 'rocket' ) );
 		}
 
@@ -89,20 +92,21 @@ private function send_request( $method, $params = [], $safe = false ) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the timeout transients.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $previous_expiration The previous value of _timeout_active transient.
 	 */
-	private function set_timeout_transients() {
+	private function set_timeout_transients( $previous_expiration ) {
 		$transient_key = $this->get_transient_key();
 
-		$timeout = (int) get_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout' );
-		$timeout = ( 0 === $timeout )
+		$expiration = ( 0 === $previous_expiration )
 			? 300
-			: ( 2 * $timeout <= DAY_IN_SECONDS
-				? 2 * $timeout
+			: ( 2 * $previous_expiration <= DAY_IN_SECONDS
+				? 2 * $previous_expiration
 				: DAY_IN_SECONDS
 			);
 
-		set_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout', $timeout, WEEK_IN_SECONDS );
-		set_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout_active', true, $timeout );
+		set_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout', $expiration, WEEK_IN_SECONDS );
+		set_transient( $transient_key . '_timeout_active', true, $expiration );
 	}
 
 	/**