diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 40349ab2..a9a394de 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 Source: swh-web
 Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: curl,
                debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-python (>= 2),
                python3-all,
                python3-bs4,
                python3-django (>= 1.10.7~),
                python3-djangorestframework (>= 3.4.0~),
                python3-django-webpack-loader,
                python3-django-js-reverse,
                python3-docutils,
                python3-htmlmin,
                python3-magic (>= 0.3.0~),
                python3-lxml,
                python3-nose,
                python3-pygments,
                python3-setuptools,
                python3-sphinx,
                python3-sphinxcontrib.httpdomain,
                python3-yaml,
-               python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.20~),
+               python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.40~),
                python3-swh.model (>= 0.0.15~),
-               python3-swh.storage (>= 0.0.95~),
-               python3-swh.indexer.storage (>= 0.0.46~),
-               python3-swh.vault (>= 0.0.1~)
+               python3-swh.storage (>= 0.0.101~),
+               python3-swh.indexer.storage (>= 0.0.47~),
+               python3-swh.vault (>= 0.0.2~)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DWUI/
 
 Package: python3-swh.web
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.20~),
+Depends: python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.40~),
          python3-swh.model (>= 0.0.15~),
-         python3-swh.storage (>= 0.0.95~),
-         python3-swh.indexer.storage (>= 0.0.46~),
-         python3-swh.vault (>= 0.0.1~),
+         python3-swh.storage (>= 0.0.101~),
+         python3-swh.indexer.storage (>= 0.0.47~),
+         python3-swh.vault (>= 0.0.2~),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends}
 Description: Software Heritage Web Applications
diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
index ce4f053c..64a68092 100644
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-swh.core >= 0.0.20
+swh.core >= 0.0.40
 swh.model >= 0.0.15
-swh.storage >= 0.0.96
-swh.vault >= 0.0.1
-swh.indexer.storage >= 0.0.46
+swh.storage >= 0.0.101
+swh.vault >= 0.0.2
+swh.indexer.storage >= 0.0.47
diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
index c0013302..dcf5a06d 100644
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -1,93 +1,95 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from swh.core import config
 from swh.storage import get_storage
 from swh.indexer.storage import get_indexer_storage
 from swh.vault.api.client import RemoteVaultClient
 
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'allowed_hosts': ('list', []),
     'storage': ('dict', {
         'cls': 'remote',
         'args': {
             'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:5002/',
+            'timeout': 10,
         },
     }),
     'indexer_storage': ('dict', {
         'cls': 'remote',
         'args': {
             'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:5007/',
+            'timeout': 1,
         }
     }),
     'vault': ('string', 'http://127.0.0.1:5005/'),
     'log_dir': ('string', '/tmp/swh/log'),
     'debug': ('bool', False),
     'host': ('string', '127.0.0.1'),
     'port': ('int', 5004),
     'secret_key': ('string', 'development key'),
     # do not display code highlighting for content > 1MB
     'content_display_max_size': ('int', 1024 * 1024),
     'throttling': ('dict', {
         'cache_uri': None,  # production: memcached as cache (127.0.0.1:11211)
                             # development: in-memory cache so None
         'scopes': {
             'swh_api': {
                 'limiter_rate': {
                     'default': '120/h'
                 },
                 'exempted_networks': ['127.0.0.0/8']
             },
             'swh_vault_cooking': {
                 'limiter_rate': {
                     'default': '120/h',
                     'GET': '60/m'
                 },
                 'exempted_networks': ['127.0.0.0/8']
             }
         }
     })
 }
 
 swhweb_config = {}
 
 
 def get_config(config_file='webapp/webapp'):
     """Read the configuration file `config_file`, update the app with
        parameters (secret_key, conf) and return the parsed configuration as a
        dict. If no configuration file is provided, return a default
        configuration."""
 
     if not swhweb_config:
         cfg = config.load_named_config(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
         swhweb_config.update(cfg)
         config.prepare_folders(swhweb_config, 'log_dir')
         swhweb_config['storage'] = get_storage(**swhweb_config['storage'])
         swhweb_config['vault'] = RemoteVaultClient(swhweb_config['vault'])
         swhweb_config['indexer_storage'] = get_indexer_storage(
             **swhweb_config['indexer_storage'])
     return swhweb_config
 
 
 def storage():
     """Return the current application's SWH storage.
 
     """
     return get_config()['storage']
 
 
 def vault():
     """Return the current application's SWH vault.
 
     """
     return get_config()['vault']
 
 
 def indexer_storage():
     """Return the current application's SWH indexer storage.
 
     """
     return get_config()['indexer_storage']