diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/DefaultEntityPresentationApi.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/DefaultEntityPresentationApi.ts
index 9ec8af7760..e4ee60f2b4 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/DefaultEntityPresentationApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/DefaultEntityPresentationApi.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export interface DefaultEntityPresentationApiOptions {
    * When to expire entities that have been loaded from the catalog API and
    * cached for a while.
    *
-   * @defaultValue 30 seconds
+   * @defaultValue 10 seconds
    * @remarks
    *
    * The higher this value, the lower the load on the catalog API, but also the
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaults.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaults.tsx
index b3f4c5ec3c..237c57db0f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaults.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/apis/EntityPresentationApi/defaults.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import PeopleIcon from '@material-ui/icons/People';
 import PersonIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Person';
 import { DefaultEntityPresentationApiRenderer } from './DefaultEntityPresentationApi';
 
-export const DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL: HumanDuration = { seconds: 30 };
+export const DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL: HumanDuration = { seconds: 10 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_BATCH_DELAY: HumanDuration = { milliseconds: 50 };