diff --git a/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy/error.rb b/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy/error.rb
index a5b774bc..614d2d40 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy/error.rb
+++ b/contrib/ruby/lib/trilogy/error.rb
@@ -66,13 +66,7 @@ class QueryError < ClientError
   class CastError < ClientError
   end
 
-  class TimeoutError < Errno::ETIMEDOUT
-    include ConnectionError
-
-    def initialize(error_message = nil, error_code = nil)
-      super
-      @error_code = error_code
-    end
+  class TimeoutError < BaseConnectionError
   end
 
   # DatabaseError was replaced by ProtocolError, but we'll keep it around as an