diff --git a/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go b/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go
index a3bc3c3cc..775a51902 100644
--- a/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go
+++ b/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ func newReduceSettingsOptions(options expr.ExprTypeReduceSettings) cog.Builder[e
 
 func newConditionQuery(options ConditionQuery) *alerting.QueryBuilder {
 	if options.IntervalMs == nil {
-		options.IntervalMs = Pointer[float64](1000)
+		// Recommended value for intervalMs is 30s
+		options.IntervalMs = Pointer[float64](30 * 1000)
 	}
 
 	if options.MaxDataPoints == nil {