diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/showcase/chat/Constants.java b/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/showcase/chat/Constants.java
index 39ad1fb4d..1e084338a 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/showcase/chat/Constants.java
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/showcase/chat/Constants.java
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 package org.apache.struts2.showcase.chat;
 
 public class Constants {
-    public static String UPDATE_FREQ = "30000";
+    public static String UPDATE_FREQ = "5000";
 }