diff --git a/stacks-signer/src/config.rs b/stacks-signer/src/config.rs
index c100703fc9..a50ca7ecf8 100644
--- a/stacks-signer/src/config.rs
+++ b/stacks-signer/src/config.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const BLOCK_PROPOSAL_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 600_000;
 const BLOCK_PROPOSAL_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 120_000;
 const DEFAULT_FIRST_PROPOSAL_BURN_BLOCK_TIMING_SECS: u64 = 60;
 const DEFAULT_TENURE_LAST_BLOCK_PROPOSAL_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 30;
-const TENURE_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 300;
+const TENURE_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 120;
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 /// An error occurred parsing the provided configuration