diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
index 467134a2fc0cd..e0d9c94edcdd0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public SegmentReplicationPressureService(
         this.maxAllowedStaleReplicas = MAX_ALLOWED_STALE_SHARDS.get(settings);
         clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(MAX_ALLOWED_STALE_SHARDS, this::setMaxAllowedStaleReplicas);
 
-        this.failStaleReplicaTask = new AsyncFailStaleReplicaTask(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(1));
+        this.failStaleReplicaTask = new AsyncFailStaleReplicaTask(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30));
     }
 
     public void isSegrepLimitBreached(ShardId shardId) {