diff --git a/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs b/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs
index 800999c3ec5e0..af75dd4f098ed 100644
--- a/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs
+++ b/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ impl Default for ConsensusConfig {
             vote_back_pressure_limit: 7,
             min_max_txns_in_block_after_filtering_from_backpressure: MIN_BLOCK_TXNS_AFTER_FILTERING,
             execution_backpressure: Some(ExecutionBackpressureConfig {
-                num_blocks_to_look_at: 20,
+                num_blocks_to_look_at: 12,
                 min_blocks_to_activate: 4,
                 percentile: 0.5,
-                target_block_time_ms: 200,
+                target_block_time_ms: 250,
                 min_block_time_ms_to_activate: 100,
                 // allow at least two spreading group from reordering in a single block, to utilize paralellism
                 min_calibrated_txns_per_block: 8,