diff --git a/config/executor/config.yaml b/config/executor/config.yaml
index 8a5e3aacd83..b9974c37f9a 100644
--- a/config/executor/config.yaml
+++ b/config/executor/config.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ application:
 task:
   utilisationReportingInterval: 1s
   missingJobEventReconciliationInterval: 15s
-  jobLeaseRenewalInterval: 15s
+  jobLeaseRenewalInterval: 5s
   podIssueHandlingInterval: 10s
   podDeletionInterval: 5s
   resourceCleanupInterval: 15s
diff --git a/internal/executor/application.go b/internal/executor/application.go
index b1de6f094fc..b737eca2a71 100644
--- a/internal/executor/application.go
+++ b/internal/executor/application.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func setupExecutorApiComponents(
 	taskManager.Register(podIssueService.HandlePodIssues, config.Task.PodIssueHandlingInterval, "pod_issue_handling")
 	taskManager.Register(preemptRunProcessor.Run, config.Task.StateProcessorInterval, "preempt_runs")
 	taskManager.Register(removeRunProcessor.Run, config.Task.StateProcessorInterval, "remove_runs")
-	taskManager.Register(jobRequester.RequestJobsRuns, config.Task.AllocateSpareClusterCapacityInterval, "request_runs")
+	taskManager.Register(jobRequester.RequestJobsRuns, config.Task.JobLeaseRenewalInterval, "request_runs")
 	taskManager.Register(clusterAllocationService.AllocateSpareClusterCapacity, config.Task.AllocateSpareClusterCapacityInterval, "submit_runs")
 	taskManager.Register(eventReporter.ReportMissingJobEvents, config.Task.MissingJobEventReconciliationInterval, "event_reconciliation")
 	_, err = pod_metrics.ExposeClusterContextMetrics(clusterContext, clusterUtilisationService, podUtilisationService, nodeInfoService)