diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/LifecycleSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/LifecycleSettings.java
index 4354c96325e..f865b970339 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/LifecycleSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/LifecycleSettings.java
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ public class LifecycleSettings {
     public static final String LIFECYCLE_STEP_INFO = "index.lifecycle.step_info";
     public static final String LIFECYCLE_SKIP = "index.lifecycle.skip";
 
-    // NORELEASE: we should probably change the default to something other than three seconds for initial release
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> LIFECYCLE_POLL_INTERVAL_SETTING = Setting.positiveTimeSetting(LIFECYCLE_POLL_INTERVAL,
-        TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(3), Setting.Property.Dynamic, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
+        TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(10), Setting.Property.Dynamic, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
     public static final Setting<String> LIFECYCLE_NAME_SETTING = Setting.simpleString(LIFECYCLE_NAME,
         Setting.Property.Dynamic, Setting.Property.IndexScope, Setting.Property.InternalIndex);
     public static final Setting<String> LIFECYCLE_PHASE_SETTING = Setting.simpleString(LIFECYCLE_PHASE,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleServiceTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleServiceTests.java
index 8d3eca2322f..99cfe87ee17 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleServiceTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/IndexLifecycleServiceTests.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class IndexLifecycleServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
         indexLifecycleService.clusterChanged(noChangeEvent);
         assertThat(indexLifecycleService.getScheduler().jobCount(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(((TimeValueSchedule) indexLifecycleService.getScheduledJob().getSchedule()).getInterval(),
-                equalTo(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(3)));
+                equalTo(LifecycleSettings.LIFECYCLE_POLL_INTERVAL_SETTING.getDefault(previousState.metaData().settings())));
         indexLifecycleService.applyClusterState(event);
         indexLifecycleService.clusterChanged(event);
         assertThat(indexLifecycleService.getScheduler().jobCount(), equalTo(1));
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
index d24e604857c..fce7f0a2479 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/indexlifecycle/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ESRestTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.AllocateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.DeleteAction;
@@ -47,9 +48,20 @@ public class TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT extends ESRestTestCase {
     private String policy;
 
     @Before
-    public void refreshIndex() {
+    public void refreshIndex() throws IOException {
         index = randomAlphaOfLength(10).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
         policy = randomAlphaOfLength(5);
+        Request request = new Request("PUT", "/_cluster/settings");
+        XContentBuilder pollIntervalEntity = JsonXContent.contentBuilder();
+        pollIntervalEntity.startObject();
+        {
+            pollIntervalEntity.startObject("transient");
+            {
+                pollIntervalEntity.field(LifecycleSettings.LIFECYCLE_POLL_INTERVAL, "1s");
+            }pollIntervalEntity.endObject();
+        } pollIntervalEntity.endObject();
+        request.setJsonEntity(Strings.toString(pollIntervalEntity));
+        assertOK(adminClient().performRequest(request));
     }
 
     public static void updatePolicy(String indexName, String policy) throws IOException {