diff --git a/src/shared/shared.go b/src/shared/shared.go
index 169f0874b2f489cc4c8be7f0a40c9f8b11257fe7..5f8c229ca8450a3f93eae747d73dab44fe9ee8c7 100644
--- a/src/shared/shared.go
+++ b/src/shared/shared.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const NumFileReplicas = 4
 const IntroducerTimeout = 3 * time.Second
 const GrepTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 const ACKTimeout = 5000 * time.Millisecond
-const PingInterval = 7000 * time.Millisecond
+const PingInterval = 10000 * time.Millisecond
 
 // Simulate false positives by dropping packets before they are sent out
 const FalsePosChance = 0.0