diff --git a/src/paho/mqtt/client.py b/src/paho/mqtt/client.py
index 4ccc8696..b6897751 100644
--- a/src/paho/mqtt/client.py
+++ b/src/paho/mqtt/client.py
@@ -4612,7 +4612,7 @@ def _create_socket(self) -> SocketLike:
             sock = self._ssl_wrap_socket(sock)
 
         if self._transport == "websockets":
-            sock.settimeout(self._keepalive)
+            sock.settimeout(self._connect_timeout)
             return _WebsocketWrapper(
                 socket=sock,
                 host=self._host,
@@ -4667,7 +4667,7 @@ def _ssl_wrap_socket(self, tcp_sock: _socket.socket) -> ssl.SSLSocket:
             if getattr(self._ssl_context, 'check_hostname', False):  # type: ignore
                 verify_host = False
 
-        ssl_sock.settimeout(self._keepalive)
+        ssl_sock.settimeout(self._connect_timeout)
         ssl_sock.do_handshake()
 
         if verify_host: