diff --git a/interfaces/params/rounds.go b/interfaces/params/rounds.go
index 11da7baabc46ad30afa30bc850a13b02e94aff69..4a6ffab984f3ba309d7fdb77cf7cfb1710f8cef4 100644
--- a/interfaces/params/rounds.go
+++ b/interfaces/params/rounds.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func GetDefaultRounds() Rounds {
 		LookupRoundsBufferLen:      2000,
 		ForceHistoricalRounds:      false,
 		MaxHistoricalRoundsRetries: 3,
-		UncheckRoundPeriod: 10 * time.Second,
+		UncheckRoundPeriod: 20 * time.Second,
 		ForceMessagePickupRetry: false,
 	}
 }