diff --git a/tag_tracer.go b/tag_tracer.go
index 6caa32c..ce0e326 100644
--- a/tag_tracer.go
+++ b/tag_tracer.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var (
 	GossipSubConnTagBumpMessageDelivery = 1
 
 	// GossipSubConnTagDecayInterval is the decay interval for decaying connection manager tags.
-	GossipSubConnTagDecayInterval = time.Minute
+	GossipSubConnTagDecayInterval = 10 * time.Minute
 
 	// GossipSubConnTagDecayAmount is subtracted from decaying tag values at each decay interval.
 	GossipSubConnTagDecayAmount = 1
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ var (
 // - For each message that we receive, we bump a delivery tag for peer that delivered the message
 //   first.
 //   The delivery tags have a maximum value, GossipSubConnTagMessageDeliveryCap, and they decay at
-//   a rate of GossipSubConnTagDecayAmount / GossipSubConnTagDecayInterval (default 1/minute).
-//   With the defaults, a peer who stops delivering messages will have their delivery tag decay to zero
-//   in fifteen minutes.
+//   a rate of GossipSubConnTagDecayAmount / GossipSubConnTagDecayInterval.
 type tagTracer struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 
diff --git a/tag_tracer_test.go b/tag_tracer_test.go
index c62d51e..e27f5a5 100644
--- a/tag_tracer_test.go
+++ b/tag_tracer_test.go
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ func TestTagTracerDeliveryTags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected delivery tag value = %d, got %d", expected, val)
 	}
 
-	// if we jump forward a few minutes, we should see the tags decrease by 1 / minute
-	clk.Add(5 * time.Minute)
+	// if we jump forward a few minutes, we should see the tags decrease by 1 / 10 minutes
+	clk.Add(50 * time.Minute)
 
 	val = getTagValue(cmgr, p, "pubsub-deliveries:topic-1")
 	expected = GossipSubConnTagMessageDeliveryCap - 5