diff --git a/lib/auth/auth.go b/lib/auth/auth.go
index 0f990b3e4e8ce..a8453ae22f316 100644
--- a/lib/auth/auth.go
+++ b/lib/auth/auth.go
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ const (
 const (
 	notificationsPageReadInterval = 5 * time.Millisecond
 	notificationsWriteInterval    = 40 * time.Millisecond
+
+	accessListsPageReadInterval = 5 * time.Millisecond
+	accessListsPageSize         = 20
 )
 
 const (
@@ -6907,7 +6910,8 @@ const (
 
 // createAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions defines the optional parameters for CreateAccessListReminderNotifications.
 type createAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions struct {
-	createNotificationInterval time.Duration
+	createNotificationInterval  time.Duration
+	accessListsPageReadInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 // CreateAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions is a functional option for CreateAccessListReminderNotifications.
@@ -6920,11 +6924,19 @@ func WithCreateNotificationInterval(d time.Duration) CreateAccessListReminderNot
 	}
 }
 
+// WithAccessListsPageReadInterval sets the interval between reading pages of access lists.
+func WithAccessListsPageReadInterval(d time.Duration) CreateAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions {
+	return func(o *createAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions) {
+		o.accessListsPageReadInterval = d
+	}
+}
+
 // CreateAccessListReminderNotifications checks if there are any access lists expiring soon and creates notifications to remind their owners if so.
 func (a *Server) CreateAccessListReminderNotifications(ctx context.Context, opts ...CreateAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions) {
 	opt := &createAccessListReminderNotificationsOptions{
 		// defaults to notificationsWriteInterval aka 40ms
-		createNotificationInterval: notificationsWriteInterval,
+		createNotificationInterval:  notificationsWriteInterval,
+		accessListsPageReadInterval: accessListsPageReadInterval,
 	}
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(opt)
@@ -6962,21 +6974,36 @@ func (a *Server) CreateAccessListReminderNotifications(ctx context.Context, opts
 
 	// Fetch all access lists
 	var accessLists []*accesslist.AccessList
-	err = clientutils.IterateResources(ctx, a.Cache.ListAccessLists, func(al *accesslist.AccessList) error {
-		if !al.IsReviewable() {
-			return nil
+	var accessListsPageKey string
+	accessListsReadLimiter := time.NewTicker(opt.accessListsPageReadInterval)
+	defer accessListsReadLimiter.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-accessListsReadLimiter.C:
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
 		}
 
-		// Only keep access lists that fall within our thresholds in memory
-		if al.Spec.Audit.NextAuditDate.Sub(now) <= 15*24*time.Hour {
-			accessLists = append(accessLists, al)
+		response, nextKey, err := a.Cache.ListAccessLists(ctx, accessListsPageSize, accessListsPageKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			a.logger.WarnContext(ctx, "failed to list access lists for periodic reminder notification check", "error", err)
 		}
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		a.logger.WarnContext(ctx, "failed to list access lists for periodic reminder notification check",
-			"error", err)
-		return
+
+		for _, al := range response {
+			if !al.IsReviewable() {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Only keep access lists that fall within our thresholds in memory
+			if al.Spec.Audit.NextAuditDate.Sub(now) <= 15*24*time.Hour {
+				accessLists = append(accessLists, al)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if nextKey == "" {
+			break
+		}
+		accessListsPageKey = nextKey
 	}
 
 	reminderThresholds := []struct {
diff --git a/lib/auth/auth_test.go b/lib/auth/auth_test.go
index 9857996ed6c1d..f18862bd03f6f 100644
--- a/lib/auth/auth_test.go
+++ b/lib/auth/auth_test.go
@@ -4854,7 +4854,7 @@ func TestCreateAccessListReminderNotifications_LargeOverdueSet(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = authServer.UpsertUser(ctx, user)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Create 2001overdue access lists
+	// Create 2001 overdue access lists
 	// All are overdue by 10 days, which should trigger "overdue by more than 7 days" notification
 	const numAccessLists = 2001
 	overdueBy := -10 // 10 days overdue
@@ -4874,14 +4874,14 @@ func TestCreateAccessListReminderNotifications_LargeOverdueSet(t *testing.T) {
 	}, 3*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
 
 	// Run CreateAccessListReminderNotifications()
-	authServer.CreateAccessListReminderNotifications(ctx, auth.WithCreateNotificationInterval(time.Nanosecond))
+	authServer.CreateAccessListReminderNotifications(ctx, auth.WithCreateNotificationInterval(time.Nanosecond), auth.WithAccessListsPageReadInterval(time.Nanosecond))
 
 	identifiers := collectAllUniqueNotificationIdentifiers(t, ctx, authServer, types.NotificationIdentifierPrefixAccessListOverdue7d)
 	require.Len(t, identifiers, numAccessLists,
 		"should have created unique identifiers for all %d overdue access lists", numAccessLists)
 
 	// Run CreateAccessListReminderNotifications() again to verify it can read multiple pages of identifiers without memory leak
-	authServer.CreateAccessListReminderNotifications(ctx, auth.WithCreateNotificationInterval(time.Nanosecond))
+	authServer.CreateAccessListReminderNotifications(ctx, auth.WithCreateNotificationInterval(time.Nanosecond), auth.WithAccessListsPageReadInterval(time.Nanosecond))
 
 	identifiers = collectAllUniqueNotificationIdentifiers(t, ctx, authServer, types.NotificationIdentifierPrefixAccessListOverdue7d)
 	require.Len(t, identifiers, numAccessLists,
@@ -4891,17 +4891,10 @@ func TestCreateAccessListReminderNotifications_LargeOverdueSet(t *testing.T) {
 func collectAllUniqueNotificationIdentifiers(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, authServer *auth.Server, prefix string) []*notificationsv1.UniqueNotificationIdentifier {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	var identifiers []*notificationsv1.UniqueNotificationIdentifier
-	iterator := clientutils.Resources(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, pageSize int, pageKey string) ([]*notificationsv1.UniqueNotificationIdentifier, string, error) {
+	identifiers, err := stream.Collect(clientutils.Resources(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, pageSize int, pageKey string) ([]*notificationsv1.UniqueNotificationIdentifier, string, error) {
 		return authServer.ListUniqueNotificationIdentifiersForPrefix(ctx, prefix, pageSize, pageKey)
-	})
-
-	for identifiersResp, err := range iterator {
-		if err != nil {
-			require.NoError(t, err, "listing unique notification identifiers for prefix %q", prefix)
-		}
-		identifiers = append(identifiers, identifiersResp)
-	}
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "listing unique notification identifiers for prefix %q", prefix)
 
 	return identifiers
 }