diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index d26d31e7c16b778df013b899270836ddc99aaa52..c9010b177af38500952617e073dcdacb806366ec 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ If you wish to enable this feature then you could add this to your configuration
 }
 ```
 
-To reduce "noise" in the repository, it defaults its schedule to `"before 5am on monday"`, i.e. to achieve once-per-week semantics.
+To reduce "noise" in the repository, it defaults its schedule to `"before 4am on monday"`, i.e. to achieve once-per-week semantics.
 Depending on its running schedule, Renovate may run a few times within that time window - even possibly updating the lock file more than once - but it hopefully leaves enough time for tests to run and automerge to apply, if configured.
 
 ## major
diff --git a/docs/usage/faq.md b/docs/usage/faq.md
index bfe5902dab1eba5ffecdcc87b88e6859351257c5..fcbd189467d00d6a3726841e67488f284b71708f 100644
--- a/docs/usage/faq.md
+++ b/docs/usage/faq.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Set configuration option `rangeStrategy` to `"replace"`.
 
 ### Keep lock files (including sub-dependencies) up-to-date, even when `package.json` hasn't changed
 
-By default, if you enable lock-file maintenance, Renovate will update the lockfile `["before 5am on monday"]`.
+By default, if you enable lock-file maintenance, Renovate will update the lockfile `["before 4am on monday"]`.
 If you want to update the lock file more often, set the `schedule` field inside the `lockFileMaintenance` object.
 
 ### Wait until tests have passed before creating the PR
diff --git a/docs/usage/key-concepts/scheduling.md b/docs/usage/key-concepts/scheduling.md
index c4589279e13597ada24102459d7afcb1e9a1d448..5ba8141457fcd79e464fca2326a532e5f987d3f6 100644
--- a/docs/usage/key-concepts/scheduling.md
+++ b/docs/usage/key-concepts/scheduling.md
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ If you use the GitHub hosted app, the default is that Renovate will always be al
 Be sure to schedule enough time for Renovate to process your repository.
 Do not set schedules like "Run Renovate for an hour each Sunday" as you _will_ run into problems.
 
-Say you want Renovate bot to run each day before 2 am:
+Say you want Renovate to run each day before 4 am:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "schedule": ["before 2am"]
+  "schedule": ["before 4am"]
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/usage/noise-reduction.md b/docs/usage/noise-reduction.md
index 01cb98055776a1b1c5dcdfed6410424549c97e17..6132878cdf0435bd4f6dca449864b63e7e9cb6bb 100644
--- a/docs/usage/noise-reduction.md
+++ b/docs/usage/noise-reduction.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Or perhaps at least weekly:
     {
       "matchPackagePatterns": ["eslint"],
       "groupName": "eslint",
-      "schedule": ["before 2am on monday"]
+      "schedule": ["before 4am on monday"]
     }
   ]
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Let's automerge it if all the linting updates pass:
     {
       "matchPackagePatterns": ["eslint"],
       "groupName": "eslint",
-      "schedule": ["before 2am on monday"],
+      "schedule": ["before 4am on monday"],
       "automerge": true,
       "automergeType": "branch"
     }
diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index b4d072920a6c0bf72e7456cf994479fdc676161a..2d5009f81ad6501c802a2f6d10b4048b05121e64 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
       commitMessageAction: 'Lock file maintenance',
       commitMessageTopic: null,
       commitMessageExtra: null,
-      schedule: ['before 5am on monday'],
+      schedule: ['before 4am on monday'],
       groupName: null,
       prBodyDefinitions: {
         Change: 'All locks refreshed',
diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/schedule.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/schedule.ts
index 3a927d5add87513aff81a0f62cdd585db81ff050..1f5eb5de949d0ffbb5dcb437a232a1b3bfb0b6e0 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/schedule.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/schedule.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import type { Preset } from '../types';
 
 /* eslint sort-keys: ["error", "asc", {caseSensitive: false, natural: true}] */
 
-const daily = ['before 2am'];
-const earlyMondays = ['before 3am on Monday'];
-const monthly = ['before 3am on the first day of the month'];
+const daily = ['before 4am'];
+const earlyMondays = ['before 4am on Monday'];
+const monthly = ['before 4am on the first day of the month'];
 const nonOfficeHours = [
   'after 10pm every weekday',
   'before 5am every weekday',
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.spec.ts
index f8e75be82e42543bc84252aee04d291175f8564a..24b8995c46ff79aa8ff9389f0689768292f71afc 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.spec.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/branch/schedule', () => {
     it('massages schedules', () => {
       expect(
         schedule.hasValidSchedule([
-          'before 3am on the first day of the month',
+          'before 5am on the first day of the month',
         ])[0]
       ).toBeTrue();
       expect(schedule.hasValidSchedule(['every month'])[0]).toBeTrue();
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/branch/schedule', () => {
         sched                     | tz                  | datetime                          | expected
         ${'after 4pm'}            | ${'Asia/Singapore'} | ${'2017-06-30T15:59:00.000+0800'} | ${false}
         ${'after 4pm'}            | ${'Asia/Singapore'} | ${'2017-06-30T16:01:00.000+0800'} | ${true}
-        ${'before 3am on Monday'} | ${'Asia/Tokyo'}     | ${'2017-06-26T02:59:00.000+0900'} | ${true}
-        ${'before 3am on Monday'} | ${'Asia/Tokyo'}     | ${'2017-06-26T03:01:00.000+0900'} | ${false}
+        ${'before 4am on Monday'} | ${'Asia/Tokyo'}     | ${'2017-06-26T03:59:00.000+0900'} | ${true}
+        ${'before 4am on Monday'} | ${'Asia/Tokyo'}     | ${'2017-06-26T04:01:00.000+0900'} | ${false}
       `('$sched, $tz, $datetime', ({ sched, tz, datetime, expected }) => {
         config.schedule = [sched];
         config.timezone = tz;
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.ts
index 279da36b4e791989688083a724f1012dce640dd9..938362f8e27517ae2181d72f0ff2eae69b84e9f6 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/schedule.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { logger } from '../../../../logger';
 const minutesChar = '*';
 
 const scheduleMappings: Record<string, string> = {
-  'every month': 'before 3am on the first day of the month',
-  monthly: 'before 3am on the first day of the month',
+  'every month': 'before 5am on the first day of the month',
+  monthly: 'before 5am on the first day of the month',
 };
 
 export function hasValidTimezone(timezone: string): [true] | [false, string] {