diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 21d5edf51..24433bde6 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from aider.llm import litellm
 from aider.repo import ANY_GIT_ERROR, GitRepo
 from aider.repomap import RepoMap
 from aider.run_cmd import run_cmd
-from aider.sendchat import retry_exceptions, send_completion
+from aider.sendchat import RETRY_TIMEOUT, retry_exceptions, send_completion
 from aider.utils import format_content, format_messages, format_tokens, is_image_file
 
 from ..dump import dump  # noqa: F401
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ class Coder:
                 except retry_exceptions() as err:
                     self.io.tool_warning(str(err))
                     retry_delay *= 2
-                    if retry_delay > 60:
+                    if retry_delay > RETRY_TIMEOUT:
                         break
                     self.io.tool_output(f"Retrying in {retry_delay:.1f} seconds...")
                     time.sleep(retry_delay)
diff --git a/aider/sendchat.py b/aider/sendchat.py
index 0fb9406c4..262fab204 100644
--- a/aider/sendchat.py
+++ b/aider/sendchat.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ CACHE_PATH = "~/.aider.send.cache.v1"
 CACHE = None
 # CACHE = Cache(CACHE_PATH)
 
+RETRY_TIMEOUT = 60
+
 
 def retry_exceptions():
     import httpx
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ def lazy_litellm_retry_decorator(func):
         decorated_func = backoff.on_exception(
             backoff.expo,
             retry_exceptions(),
-            max_time=60,
+            max_time=RETRY_TIMEOUT,
             on_backoff=lambda details: print(
                 f"{details.get('exception', 'Exception')}\nRetry in {details['wait']:.1f} seconds."
             ),