diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
index d62640d4d46..965edaa3066 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
      "kubelet port to connect with when using kubelet"
     },
     {
-     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_INT, "kube_token_ttl", "600",
+     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_TIME, "kube_token_ttl", "10m",
      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_kube, kube_token_ttl),
      "kubelet token ttl"
     },