diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/ExternalSecretsManager.ee.ts b/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/ExternalSecretsManager.ee.ts
index c21499f83b..90f8145f1c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/ExternalSecretsManager.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/ExternalSecretsManager.ee.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ import Container, { Service } from 'typedi';
 import { Logger } from '@/Logger';
 
 import { jsonParse, type IDataObject, ApplicationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import {
-	EXTERNAL_SECRETS_INITIAL_BACKOFF,
-	EXTERNAL_SECRETS_MAX_BACKOFF,
-	EXTERNAL_SECRETS_UPDATE_INTERVAL,
-} from './constants';
+import { EXTERNAL_SECRETS_INITIAL_BACKOFF, EXTERNAL_SECRETS_MAX_BACKOFF } from './constants';
 import { License } from '@/License';
 import { InternalHooks } from '@/InternalHooks';
+import { updateIntervalTime } from './externalSecretsHelper.ee';
 import { ExternalSecretsProviders } from './ExternalSecretsProviders.ee';
 import { SingleMainSetup } from '@/services/orchestration/main/SingleMainSetup';
 
@@ -51,10 +48,7 @@ export class ExternalSecretsManager {
 					this.initialized = true;
 					resolve();
 					this.initializingPromise = undefined;
-					this.updateInterval = setInterval(
-						async () => this.updateSecrets(),
-						EXTERNAL_SECRETS_UPDATE_INTERVAL,
-					);
+					this.updateInterval = setInterval(async () => this.updateSecrets(), updateIntervalTime());
 				});
 			}
 			return this.initializingPromise;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/constants.ts b/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/constants.ts
index 534b4ceb72..0c21417851 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/constants.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export const EXTERNAL_SECRETS_DB_KEY = 'feature.externalSecrets';
-export const EXTERNAL_SECRETS_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 export const EXTERNAL_SECRETS_INITIAL_BACKOFF = 10 * 1000;
 export const EXTERNAL_SECRETS_MAX_BACKOFF = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/externalSecretsHelper.ee.ts b/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/externalSecretsHelper.ee.ts
index 54885664ff..2d2ddb084b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/externalSecretsHelper.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ExternalSecrets/externalSecretsHelper.ee.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { License } from '@/License';
+import config from '@/config';
 import Container from 'typedi';
 
+export const updateIntervalTime = () => config.getEnv('externalSecrets.updateInterval') * 1000;
+
 export function isExternalSecretsEnabled() {
 	const license = Container.get(License);
 	return license.isExternalSecretsEnabled();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
index 540977ee60..0fb2b29dfa 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
@@ -1007,6 +1007,15 @@ export const schema = {
 		},
 	},
 
+	externalSecrets: {
+		updateInterval: {
+			format: Number,
+			default: 300,
+			env: 'N8N_EXTERNAL_SECRETS_UPDATE_INTERVAL',
+			doc: 'How often (in seconds) to check for secret updates.',
+		},
+	},
+
 	deployment: {
 		type: {
 			format: String,