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..dfd5e8e1 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,
+                12,
                 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 445bcc3c..f678ec69 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 sixth (as default) iteration of LAM the worker variance balancing will be performed.
+         * that is every twelfth (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 = 6;
+        private int varianceBalancingFrequency = 12;
 
         /**
          * 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 bc9e6620..5ebd33d8 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
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ class LeaseAssignmentManagerTest {
                 LeaseManagementConfig.GracefulLeaseHandoffConfig.builder()
                         .isGracefulLeaseHandoffEnabled(false)
                         .build(),
-                100L);
+                200L);
 
         leaseAssignmentManager.start();