diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/spacetick.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/spacetick.yml
index 0a2b4f80bbc..967800ca689 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/spacetick.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/spacetick.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
   - type: Speech
     speechVerb: SmallMob
   - type: NonSpreaderZombie
+  - type: TimedDespawn
+    lifetime: 300
 
 - type: entity
   id: MobTickSalvage