diff --git a/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/main/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilder.java b/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/main/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilder.java
index c651cc5d3b3..b2806cbc14b 100644
--- a/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/main/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilder.java
+++ b/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/main/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilder.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class JaegerTracerBuilder implements TracerBuilder<JaegerTracerBuilder> {
 
     static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLED = true;
     static final String DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST = "localhost";
-    static final int DEFAULT_SCHEDULE_DELAY = 30_000;
+    static final int DEFAULT_SCHEDULE_DELAY = 5_000;
     static final int DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 14250;
     static final int DEFAULT_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE = 2048;
     static final int DEFAULT_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE = 512;
diff --git a/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/test/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilderTest.java b/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/test/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilderTest.java
index 50b9f3dd78d..c2d14b93b0e 100644
--- a/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/test/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilderTest.java
+++ b/tracing/providers/jaeger/src/test/java/io/helidon/tracing/providers/jaeger/JaegerTracerBuilderTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void testConfigDefaults() {
         assertThat("Span Processor type", jBuilder.spanProcessorType(), is(JaegerTracerBuilder.SpanProcessorType.BATCH));
         assertThat("Sampler param", jBuilder.samplerParam(), is(Integer.valueOf(1)));
         assertThat("Exporter timeout", jBuilder.exporterTimeout(), is(Duration.ofSeconds(10)));
-        assertThat("Schedule delay", jBuilder.scheduleDelay(), is(Duration.ofSeconds(30)));
+        assertThat("Schedule delay", jBuilder.scheduleDelay(), is(Duration.ofSeconds(5)));
         assertThat("Max Queue Size", jBuilder.maxQueueSize(), is(2048));
         assertThat("Max Export Batch Size", jBuilder.maxExportBatchSize(), is(512));
     }