diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_interface.h b/src/common/slurm_protocol_interface.h
index 1e4a6539ab8330bd5fff99391bccec856cc10487..deda358ec20885487e58059484dd129b331620e0 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_interface.h
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_interface.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #include "src/common/pack.h"
 #include "src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h"
 
-#define SLURM_MESSGE_TIMEOUT_MSEC_STATIC 10000
+#define SLURM_MESSGE_TIMEOUT_MSEC_STATIC 5000
 
 /****************\
  **  Data Types  **