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 dfd5e8e1..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(
-                12,
+                3,
                 kclV3Config
                         .leaseManagementConfig
                         .workerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig()
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 f678ec69..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
@@ -580,12 +580,12 @@ public class LeaseManagementConfig {
 
         /**
          * Frequency to perform worker variance balancing. This value is used with respect to the LAM frequency,
-         * that is every twelfth (as default) iteration of LAM the worker variance balancing will be performed.
+         * that is every third (as default) iteration of LAM the worker variance balancing will be performed.
          * Setting it to 1 will make varianceBalancing run on every iteration of LAM and 2 on every 2nd iteration
          * and so on.
          * NOTE: LAM frequency = failoverTimeMillis
          */
-        private int varianceBalancingFrequency = 12;
+        private int varianceBalancingFrequency = 3;
 
         /**
          * Alpha value used for calculating exponential moving average of worker's metricStats. Selecting