diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/dkg/controller/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/dkg/controller/mod.rs
index 4b35fb3fcf..db9ce0a82c 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/dkg/controller/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/dkg/controller/mod.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ impl<R: RngCore + CryptoRng + Clone> DkgController<R> {
             self.state.in_progress_state_mut(epoch_id).unwrap().entered = true;
         }
 
+        // so at this point we don't need to be polling the contract so often anymore, but we can't easily
+        // adjust the existing interval.
+        // however, what we can do is just wait here for a bit each iteration
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(120)).await;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/nym-api/src/support/config/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/support/config/mod.rs
index ca2eb1328c..c5191b7960 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/support/config/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/support/config/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mod upgrade_helpers;
 
 pub const DEFAULT_LOCAL_VALIDATOR: &str = "http://localhost:26657";
 
-pub const DEFAULT_DKG_CONTRACT_POLLING_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+pub const DEFAULT_DKG_CONTRACT_POLLING_RATE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 
 const DEFAULT_GATEWAY_SENDING_RATE: usize = 200;
 const DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_GATEWAY_CLIENTS: usize = 50;