diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 4c701bd85210..803f7ee34d05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Add new metrics to vSphere Virtual Machine dataset (CPU usage percentage, disk average usage, disk read/write rate, number of disk reads/writes, memory usage percentage). {pull}44205[44205]
 - Added checks for the Resty response object in all Meraki module API calls to ensure proper handling of nil responses. {pull}44193[44193]
 - Add latency config option to Azure Monitor module. {pull}44366[44366]
+- Increase default polling period for MongoDB module from 10s to 60s {pull}44781[44781]
 
 *Metricbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index 767d947670e4..c6ebdd381e93 100644
--- a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
 #------------------------------- MongoDB Module -------------------------------
 - module: mongodb
   metricsets: ["dbstats", "status", "collstats", "metrics", "replstatus"]
-  period: 10s
+  period: 60s
   enabled: true
 
   # The hosts must be passed as MongoDB URLs in the format:
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.reference.yml b/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.reference.yml
index 91928047af2b..b598d670e67b 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.reference.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - module: mongodb
   metricsets: ["dbstats", "status", "collstats", "metrics", "replstatus"]
-  period: 10s
+  period: 60s
   enabled: true
 
   # The hosts must be passed as MongoDB URLs in the format:
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.yml b/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.yml
index 971de03d949f..32d8cdaa83b6 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mongodb/_meta/config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   #  - collstats
   #  - metrics
   #  - replstatus
-  period: 10s
+  period: 60s
 
   # The hosts must be passed as MongoDB URLs in the format:
   # [mongodb://][user:pass@]host[:port].
diff --git a/metricbeat/modules.d/mongodb.yml.disabled b/metricbeat/modules.d/mongodb.yml.disabled
index 48705eae39f6..f8678f0f3e2e 100644
--- a/metricbeat/modules.d/mongodb.yml.disabled
+++ b/metricbeat/modules.d/mongodb.yml.disabled
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   #  - collstats
   #  - metrics
   #  - replstatus
-  period: 10s
+  period: 60s
 
   # The hosts must be passed as MongoDB URLs in the format:
   # [mongodb://][user:pass@]host[:port].
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index a71340190347..67d615728d38 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
 #------------------------------- MongoDB Module -------------------------------
 - module: mongodb
   metricsets: ["dbstats", "status", "collstats", "metrics", "replstatus"]
-  period: 10s
+  period: 60s
   enabled: true
 
   # The hosts must be passed as MongoDB URLs in the format: