diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTriggerDaemon.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTriggerDaemon.php
index 02ac55a160..9561f3d18a 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTriggerDaemon.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTriggerDaemon.php
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ final class PhabricatorTriggerDaemon
    * @return int Number of seconds to sleep for.
    */
   private function getSleepDuration() {
-    $sleep = 5;
+    $sleep = phutil_units('3 minutes in seconds');
 
     $next_triggers = id(new PhabricatorWorkerTriggerQuery())
       ->setViewer($this->getViewer())