diff --git a/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml b/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml
index cee17677..1bc5bf5a 100644
--- a/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml
+++ b/ci/vars-autoscaling-tempest.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ cifmw_tempest_tempestconf_config:
       service_available.aodh true
       telemetry.sg_core_service_url "https://ceilometer-internal.openstack.svc.cluster.local:3000"
       telemetry.prometheus_service_url "https://metric-storage-prometheus.openstack.svc.cluster.local:9090"
+      telemetry.ceilometer_polling_interval 120
+      telemetry.prometheus_scrape_interval 30
 cifmw_test_operator_tempest_include_list: |
   telemetry_tempest_plugin.scenario
   telemetry_tempest_plugin.aodh