diff --git a/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb b/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb
index 99e1cff..56942be 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.to_f < 1.9
         if IO.select([@io], nil, nil, @read_timeout)
           @rbuf << @io.read_nonblock(65536)
         else
-          raise Timeout::TimeoutError
+          raise Timeout::Error
         end
       end
     end