diff --git a/src/ui/public/notify/__tests__/notifier.js b/src/ui/public/notify/__tests__/notifier.js
index ed2df33aeede7..a7d767e979d46 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/notify/__tests__/notifier.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/notify/__tests__/notifier.js
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ describe('Notifier', function () {
       expect(notify('error').title).to.equal('Error');
     });
 
-    it('sets lifetime to Infinity', function () {
-      expect(notify('error').lifetime).to.equal(Infinity);
+    it('sets lifetime to 5 minutes', function () {
+      expect(notify('error').lifetime).to.equal(300000);
     });
 
     it('allows reporting', function () {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/notify/notifier.js b/src/ui/public/notify/notifier.js
index 332961e94e41c..e2ff33b3901e2 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/notify/notifier.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/notify/notifier.js
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Notifier.prototype.error = function (err, cb) {
     content: formatMsg(err, this.from),
     icon: 'warning',
     title: 'Error',
-    lifetime: Infinity,
+    lifetime: 300000,
     actions: ['report', 'accept'],
     stack: formatStack(err)
   }, cb);