diff --git a/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py b/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py
index 9113c86..e1590ec 100644
--- a/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py
+++ b/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py
@@ -848,13 +848,13 @@ class FastWatchedFileHandlerTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         log_path = self._config()
         os_level_dst, log_path_dst = tempfile.mkstemp()
         os.rename(log_path, log_path_dst)
-        time.sleep(2)
+        time.sleep(6)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(log_path))
 
     def test_remove(self):
         log_path = self._config()
         os.remove(log_path)
-        time.sleep(2)
+        time.sleep(6)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(log_path))
 
 
diff --git a/oslo_log/watchers.py b/oslo_log/watchers.py
index d967e21..d970f9d 100644
--- a/oslo_log/watchers.py
+++ b/oslo_log/watchers.py
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ class FastWatchedFileHandler(logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler, object):
 
     Watching thread sleeps max(0, READ_FREQ - (TIMEOUT / 1000)) seconds.
     """
-    READ_FREQ = 1
+    READ_FREQ = 5
 
     """Poll timeout in milliseconds.
 
     See https://docs.python.org/2/library/select.html#select.poll.poll"""
-    TIMEOUT = 500
+    TIMEOUT = 5
 
     def __init__(self, logpath, *args, **kwargs):
         self._log_file = os.path.basename(logpath)