diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77928d0..abcbdde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 |------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `token`    | GitHub token to use to interact with the GitHub API, unless you have rate limit concerns this should be `${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}`. | Yes      |                                                             |
 | `ref`      | Git reference to inspect check runs for. The default supports Pull Requests, Merge Queues as well as branch pushes.                    | No       | `${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha \|\| github.sha }}` |
-| `interval` | The number of seconds in between polls of the GitHub API for check run conclusions.                                                    | No       | `5`                                                         |
+| `interval` | The number of seconds in between polls of the GitHub API for check run conclusions.                                                    | No       | `10`                                                        |
 | `timeout`  | The number of seconds before the job is declared a failure if check runs have not yet concluded.                                       | No       | `600`                                                       |
 | `name`     | The name of Sloth's own check run. This is used to ensure Sloth does not wait upon itself.                                             | No       | `"sloth"`                                                   |
 | `ignored`  | A multi-line list of check run names to ignore when determining an overall result.                                                     | No       | `""`                                                        |
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index fa4be64..2b2f8f6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
   interval:
-    description: "Interval in seconds between check of checks (default 5)"
+    description: "Interval in seconds between check of checks"
     required: false
-    default: "5"
+    default: "10"
   timeout:
     description: "The number of seconds before the job is declared a failure if check runs have not yet concluded."
     required: false