diff --git a/bin/user/netatmo.py b/bin/user/netatmo.py
index cc64df5..8e9333d 100644
--- a/bin/user/netatmo.py
+++ b/bin/user/netatmo.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import weewx.units
 import weewx.wxformulas
 
 DRIVER_NAME = 'netatmo'
-DRIVER_VERSION = "0.10"
+DRIVER_VERSION = "0.11"
 
 INHG_PER_MBAR = 0.0295299830714
 MPH_TO_KPH = 1.60934
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class CloudClient(Collector):
                     try:
                         CloudClient.get_data(self._sd, self._device_id)
                         break
-                    except (urllib2.HTTPError, urllib2.URLError), e:
+                    except (socket.error, socket.timeout, urllib2.HTTPError, urllib2.URLError), e:
                         logerr("failed attempt %s of %s to get data: %s" %
                                (tries + 1, self._max_tries, e))
                         logdbg("waiting %s seconds before retry" %
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 4b2ff31..9975c63 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.11 08jul2018
+* explicitly catch socket timeouts since URLError does not in python 2.7
+
 0.10 30mar2017
 * fix rain conversions
 
diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index f0edef1..d004be7 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def loader():
 class NetatmoInstaller(ExtensionInstaller):
     def __init__(self):
         super(NetatmoInstaller, self).__init__(
-            version="0.10",
+            version="0.11",
             name='netatmo',
             description='Driver for netatmo weather stations.',
             author="Matthew Wall",