diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm b/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm
index cda955fe9f0d1c..397c85f8de7d11 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBundleURLProvider.mm
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ + (BOOL)isPackagerRunning:(NSString *)hostPort
   NSURL *url = [serverRootWithHostPort(hostPort) 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;