diff --git a/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml b/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml
index cfd8edc57d4..88764cefae6 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ spec:
           - --threshold=5
           - --deployment=metrics-server-v0.4.4
           - --container=metrics-server
-          - --poll-period=300000
+          - --poll-period=30000
           - --estimator=exponential
           # Specifies the smallest cluster (defined in number of nodes)
           # resources will be scaled to.