diff --git a/steam/steamid.py b/steam/steamid.py
index 0a36d27..815d7de 100644
--- a/steam/steamid.py
+++ b/steam/steamid.py
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ def steam64_from_url(url, http_timeout=30):
 
     try:
         if match.group('type') in ('id', 'profiles'):
-            xml = web.get("%s/?xml=1&nocache=%d" % (url, nocache)).text
+            xml = web.get("%s/?xml=1&nocache=%d" % (url, nocache), timeout=http_timeout).text
             match = re.findall('<steamID64>(\d+)</steamID64>', xml)
         else:
-            xml = web.get("%s/memberslistxml/?xml=1&nocache=%d" % (url, nocache)).text
+            xml = web.get("%s/memberslistxml/?xml=1&nocache=%d" % (url, nocache), timeout=http_timeout).text
             match = re.findall('<groupID64>(\d+)</groupID64>', xml)
-    except requests.exceptions.BaseHTTPError:
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
         return None
 
     if not match:
diff --git a/tests/test_steamid.py b/tests/test_steamid.py
index c59625b..5271bfc 100644
--- a/tests/test_steamid.py
+++ b/tests/test_steamid.py
@@ -244,13 +244,15 @@ class steamid_functions(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(test_instance, SteamID)
         self.assertEqual(test_instance.as_64, 76580280500085312)
 
-    @mock.patch('requests.get')
-    def test_steam64_from_url_timeout(self, get_mock):
-        get_mock.return_value = requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout('test')
+    @mock.patch('steam.steamid.make_requests_session')
+    def test_steam64_from_url_timeout(self, mrs_mock):
+        mm = mrs_mock.return_value = mock.MagicMock()
+
+        mm.get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout('test')
         self.assertIsNone(steamid.steam64_from_url("https://steamcommunity.com/id/timeout_me"))
 
-        get_mock.reset_mock()
-        get_mock.return_value = requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout('test')
+        mm.get.reset_mock()
+        mm.get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout('test')
         self.assertIsNone(steamid.steam64_from_url("https://steamcommunity.com/id/timeout_me"))
 
     @vcr.use_cassette('vcr/steamid_community_urls.yaml', mode='once', serializer='yaml', filter_query_parameters=['nocache'])