diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/PropertiesMappingE2ETest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/PropertiesMappingE2ETest.java
index 070757ec..8a5c7c34 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/PropertiesMappingE2ETest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/PropertiesMappingE2ETest.java
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public class PropertiesMappingE2ETest {
                         .workerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig()
                         .staleWorkerMetricsEntryCleanupDuration());
         assertEquals(
-                6,
+                3,
                 kclV3Config
                         .leaseManagementConfig
                         .workerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig()
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManager.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManager.java
index 5ace4160..162bda31 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManager.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManager.java
@@ -279,16 +279,14 @@ public final class LeaseAssignmentManager {
     }
 
     private boolean shouldRunVarianceBalancing() {
-        final long currentNanosTime = nanoTimeProvider.get();
-        final long intervalMillis = leaseDurationMillis * config.varianceBalancingFrequency();
-
-        final long elapsedMillis = Math.abs(currentNanosTime - varianceBasedBalancingLastRunTime) / 1_000_000;
-
-        if (elapsedMillis >= intervalMillis) {
-            varianceBasedBalancingLastRunTime = currentNanosTime;
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
+        final boolean response = this.lamRunCounter == 0;
+        /*
+        To avoid lamRunCounter grow large, keep it within [0,varianceBalancingFrequency).
+        If varianceBalancingFrequency is 5 lamRunCounter value will be within 0 to 4 and method return true when
+        lamRunCounter is 0.
+         */
+        this.lamRunCounter = (this.lamRunCounter + 1) % config.varianceBalancingFrequency();
+        return response;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
index d31f44ae..06104a9c 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ public class LeaseManagementConfig {
          * and so on.
          * NOTE: LAM frequency = failoverTimeMillis
          */
-        private int varianceBalancingFrequency = 6;
+        private int varianceBalancingFrequency = 3;
 
         /**
          * Alpha value used for calculating exponential moving average of worker's metricStats. Selecting
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManagerTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManagerTest.java
index 5fe4158e..7769dd36 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManagerTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/assignment/LeaseAssignmentManagerTest.java
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class LeaseAssignmentManagerTest {
     }
 
     // no needed since variance based load balancing is no longer tied to LAM run
-    // @Test
+    @Test
     void performAssignment_varianceBalanceFreq3_asserLoadBalancingEvery3Iteration() throws Exception {
         final LeaseManagementConfig.WorkerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig config =
                 getWorkerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig(Double.MAX_VALUE, 10);
@@ -478,53 +478,6 @@ class LeaseAssignmentManagerTest {
                         .count());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void performAssignment_varianceBalanceFreq3_asserLoadBalancingEveryVarianceBalancingFrequencyLeaseDuration()
-            throws Exception {
-
-        long multiplier = 1000_000;
-        final int varianceBalancingFrequency = 3;
-        final long leaseDurationMillis = Duration.ofMillis(1000).toMillis();
-
-        final IntervalTimeSupplier lamTimeSupplier = new IntervalTimeSupplier(3000 * multiplier);
-        final LeaseManagementConfig.WorkerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig config =
-                getWorkerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig(Double.MAX_VALUE, 10);
-        config.varianceBalancingFrequency(varianceBalancingFrequency);
-
-        createLeaseAssignmentManager(config, leaseDurationMillis, lamTimeSupplier, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-
-        // Run at time 0, variance balance must be done
-        setupConditionForVarianceBalancing();
-        leaseAssignmentManagerRunnable.run();
-        assertEquals(
-                3L,
-                leaseRefresher.listLeases().stream()
-                        .filter(lease -> lease.leaseOwner().equals(TEST_TAKE_WORKER_ID))
-                        .count());
-
-        lamTimeSupplier.incrementCurrentTime(1000 * multiplier);
-
-        // Run at time 1, variance balance must not be done
-        setupConditionForVarianceBalancing();
-        leaseAssignmentManagerRunnable.run();
-        assertEquals(
-                1L,
-                leaseRefresher.listLeases().stream()
-                        .filter(lease -> lease.leaseOwner().equals(TEST_TAKE_WORKER_ID))
-                        .count());
-
-        lamTimeSupplier.incrementCurrentTime(2 * 1000 * multiplier);
-
-        // Run at time 3, variance balance must be done
-        setupConditionForVarianceBalancing();
-        leaseAssignmentManagerRunnable.run();
-        assertEquals(
-                3L,
-                leaseRefresher.listLeases().stream()
-                        .filter(lease -> lease.leaseOwner().equals(TEST_TAKE_WORKER_ID))
-                        .count());
-    }
-
     private void setupConditionForVarianceBalancing() throws Exception {
 
         workerMetricsDAO.updateMetrics(createDummyYieldWorkerMetrics(TEST_YIELD_WORKER_ID + "1"));
@@ -1373,21 +1326,4 @@ class LeaseAssignmentManagerTest {
                         .build())
                 .join();
     }
-
-    class IntervalTimeSupplier implements Supplier<Long> {
-        private long currentTime;
-
-        public IntervalTimeSupplier(long currentTime) {
-            this.currentTime = currentTime;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Long get() {
-            return currentTime;
-        }
-
-        public void incrementCurrentTime(long currentTime) {
-            this.currentTime += currentTime;
-        }
-    }
 }