diff --git a/client/vaultclient/vaultclient.go b/client/vaultclient/vaultclient.go
index 7494fb2c932..8d9dff28da2 100644
--- a/client/vaultclient/vaultclient.go
+++ b/client/vaultclient/vaultclient.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func NewVaultClient(config *config.VaultConfig, logger hclog.Logger, tokenDerive
 	}
 
 	client.SetHeaders(http.Header{
-		"User-Agent": []string{"HashiCorp/nomad"},
+		"User-Agent": []string{"hashicorp/nomad"},
 	})
 
 	c.client = client
diff --git a/nomad/vault.go b/nomad/vault.go
index 80f1fc95b0f..8220d4aa9dc 100644
--- a/nomad/vault.go
+++ b/nomad/vault.go
@@ -515,11 +515,11 @@ func (v *vaultClient) renewalLoop() {
 // nextBackoff returns the delay for the next auto renew interval, in seconds.
 // Returns negative value if past expiration
 //
-// It should increaes the amount of backoff each time, with the following rules:
+// It should increase the amount of backoff each time, with the following rules:
 //
 // * If we have an existing authentication that is going to expire,
 // never back off more than half of the amount of time remaining
-// until expiration (with 1s floor)
+// until expiration (with 5s floor)
 // * Never back off more than 30 seconds multiplied by a random
 // value between 1 and 2
 // * Use randomness so that many clients won't keep hitting Vault
@@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ func nextBackoff(backoff float64, expiry time.Time) float64 {
 	}
 
 	switch {
-	case backoff < 5:
-		backoff = 5
 	case backoff >= 24:
 		backoff = 30
 	default:
@@ -546,9 +544,8 @@ func nextBackoff(backoff float64, expiry time.Time) float64 {
 		backoff = maxBackoff.Seconds()
 	}
 
-	// avoid hammering Vault
-	if backoff < 1 {
-		backoff = 1
+	if backoff < 5 {
+		backoff = 5
 	}
 
 	return backoff
diff --git a/nomad/vault_test.go b/nomad/vault_test.go
index 191eea9df6b..3de2e079fbd 100644
--- a/nomad/vault_test.go
+++ b/nomad/vault_test.go
@@ -1285,8 +1285,8 @@ func TestVaultClient_nextBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 	// some edge cases
 	t.Run("close to expiry", func(t *testing.T) {
 		b := nextBackoff(20, time.Now().Add(1100*time.Millisecond))
-		if !(1.0 <= b && b <= 3) {
-			t.Fatalf("Expected backoff within [1, 3] but found %v", b)
+		if b != 5.0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected backoff is 5 but found %v", b)
 		}
 	})