diff --git a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
index 99b09e7dce..09f09d7cb4 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.CCVar
         ///     The maximum amount of time the entity GC can process, in ms.
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly CVarDef<int> GCMaximumTimeMs =
-            CVarDef.Create("entgc.maximum_time_ms", 500, CVar.SERVERONLY);
+            CVarDef.Create("entgc.maximum_time_ms", 5, CVar.SERVERONLY);
 
         /*
          * Replays