diff --git a/cmd/driver/main.go b/cmd/driver/main.go
index 9123a2c269e304e3b253d86760ed4b4ce61707ee..cb3e4ee7b3d9411835dacd7f1fd76d767435ca0a 100644
--- a/cmd/driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/driver/main.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func main() {
 		opts = append(opts, hcloud.WithDebugWriter(os.Stdout))
 	}
 
-	pollingInterval := 1
+	pollingInterval := 3
 	if customPollingInterval := os.Getenv("HCLOUD_POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS"); customPollingInterval != "" {
 		tmp, err := strconv.Atoi(customPollingInterval)
 		if err != nil || tmp < 1 {