diff --git a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
index 52c2fae9c6f193000249ccd1bdcc64574b72d103..377c8a04316f61f6149b3a420757239fd34133c3 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   ]
   data_format = "influx"
   timeout="4s"
-  interval="60s"
+  interval="900s"
   [inputs.exec.tags]
     influxdb_database="slurm"
 {% endif %}