diff --git a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
index e54f3d0eebc0631121512f28a4975aaac1fb8ea0..8719e674341891ab8f2a474a0e1745eb1735c56c 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
+++ b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 #define PURGE_JOB_INTERVAL 60
 
 /* Process pending trigger events every TRIGGER_INTERVAL seconds */
-#define TRIGGER_INTERVAL 10
+#define TRIGGER_INTERVAL 15
 
 /* Pathname of group file record for checking update times */
 #define GROUP_FILE	"/etc/group"