diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/winrm-all-timeout-exceptions.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/winrm-all-timeout-exceptions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..589635e5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/winrm-all-timeout-exceptions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - Catch all connection timeout related exceptions and raise
+    AnsibleConnectionError instead
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
index 7c020b142e..4564ef76ed 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                                        % (to_native(response.std_out), to_native(stderr)))
 
             return response
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as exc:
+        except requests.exceptions.Timeout as exc:
             raise AnsibleConnectionFailure('winrm connection error: %s' % to_native(exc))
         finally:
             if command_id: