diff --git a/charts/kong/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/kong/CHANGELOG.md
index 47ff4b7db..776439593 100644
--- a/charts/kong/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/kong/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+* The default interval should be 30s to support the rate of 1m of the official [Kong Grafana dashboard](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/7424-kong-official/).
+  [#941](https://github.com/Kong/charts/pull/941)
+
 ## 2.31.0
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/charts/kong/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/kong/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index db3dfbf35..e7fb672b2 100644
--- a/charts/kong/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/kong/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ spec:
     scheme: http
     {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.interval }}
     interval: {{ .Values.serviceMonitor.interval }}
+    {{- else }}
+    interval: 30s
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.honorLabels }}
     honorLabels: true
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ spec:
     scheme: http
     {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.interval }}
     interval: {{ .Values.serviceMonitor.interval }}
+    {{- else }}
+    interval: 30s
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.honorLabels }}
     honorLabels: true