diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index d1f447140cd..6211a74c57c 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ export ENABLE_CSI_PROXY="${ENABLE_CSI_PROXY:-true}"
 export KUBE_APISERVER_HEALTHCHECK_ON_HOST_IP="${KUBE_APISERVER_HEALTHCHECK_ON_HOST_IP:-false}"
 
 # ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL defines the interval for etcd watch progress notify events.
-export ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL="${ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL:-10m}"
+export ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL="${ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL:-5s}"
 
 # Optional: Install Pigz on Windows.
 # Pigz is a multi-core optimized version of unzip.exe.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 81a5a9d80be..80bbbee499a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ export ENABLE_CSI_PROXY="${ENABLE_CSI_PROXY:-true}"
 export KUBE_APISERVER_HEALTHCHECK_ON_HOST_IP="${KUBE_APISERVER_HEALTHCHECK_ON_HOST_IP:-false}"
 
 # ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL defines the interval for etcd watch progress notify events.
-export ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL="${ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL:-10m}"
+export ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL="${ETCD_PROGRESS_NOTIFY_INTERVAL:-5s}"
 
 # Optional: Install Pigz on Windows.
 # Pigz is a multi-core optimized version of unzip.exe.