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 1535788d..5708ac13 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
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ public class LeaseAssignmentManager {
 
     private static final String FORCE_LEADER_RELEASE_METRIC_NAME = "ForceLeaderRelease";
 
+    /**
+     * Default multiplier for LAM frequency with respect to leaseDurationMillis (lease failover millis).
+     * If leaseDurationMillis is 10000 millis, default LAM frequency is 20000 millis.
+     */
+    private static final int DEFAULT_LEASE_ASSIGNMENT_MANAGER_FREQ_MULTIPLIER = 2;
+
     /**
      * Default retry attempt for loading leases and workers before giving up.
      */
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ public class LeaseAssignmentManager {
         this.nanoTimeProvider = nanoTimeProvider;
         this.maxLeasesForWorker = maxLeasesForWorker;
         this.gracefulLeaseHandoffConfig = gracefulLeaseHandoffConfig;
-        this.leaseAssignmentIntervalMillis = 2 * leaseDurationMillis;
+        this.leaseAssignmentIntervalMillis = leaseDurationMillis * DEFAULT_LEASE_ASSIGNMENT_MANAGER_FREQ_MULTIPLIER;
     }
 
     public LeaseAssignmentManager(
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java
index 46d038ba..30f38f36 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public class DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory implements LeaseManagementFactory {
      * @param workerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig
      * @param gracefulLeaseHandoffConfig
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory(
             final @NotNull KinesisAsyncClient kinesisClient,
             final @NotNull DynamoDbAsyncClient dynamoDBClient,
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 bd3f00bb..7a2afa27 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
@@ -433,7 +433,6 @@ class LeaseAssignmentManagerTest {
                 .anyMatch(lease -> lease.leaseOwner().equals(TEST_YIELD_WORKER_ID + "2")));
     }
 
-    // no needed since variance based load balancing is no longer tied to LAM run
     @Test
     void performAssignment_varianceBalanceFreq3_asserLoadBalancingEvery3Iteration() throws Exception {
         final LeaseManagementConfig.WorkerUtilizationAwareAssignmentConfig config =
@@ -476,6 +475,15 @@ class LeaseAssignmentManagerTest {
                 leaseRefresher.listLeases().stream()
                         .filter(lease -> lease.leaseOwner().equals(TEST_TAKE_WORKER_ID))
                         .count());
+
+        setupConditionForVarianceBalancing();
+        // 5th Run, expect no re-balance
+        leaseAssignmentManagerRunnable.run();
+        assertEquals(
+                1L,
+                leaseRefresher.listLeases().stream()
+                        .filter(lease -> lease.leaseOwner().equals(TEST_TAKE_WORKER_ID))
+                        .count());
     }
 
     private void setupConditionForVarianceBalancing() throws Exception {