diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm b/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm
index eea970452f7a6d..cf2b2d2dca19ae 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ + (BOOL)isPackagerRunning:(NSString *)hostPort scheme:(NSString *)scheme
   NSURL *url = [serverRootWithHostPort(hostPort, scheme) URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"status"];
 
   NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
-  NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
+  NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url
+                                           cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
+                                       timeoutInterval:10];
   __block NSURLResponse *response;
   __block NSData *data;