diff --git a/salt/elastalert/files/elastalert_config.yaml b/salt/elastalert/files/elastalert_config.yaml
index c3e60c78e..28d26bac0 100644
--- a/salt/elastalert/files/elastalert_config.yaml
+++ b/salt/elastalert/files/elastalert_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ run_every:
 # ElastAlert will buffer results from the most recent
 # period of time, in case some log sources are not in real time
 buffer_time:
-  minutes: 5
+  minutes: 10
 
 # The maximum time between queries for ElastAlert to start at the most recently
 # run query. When ElastAlert starts, for each rule, it will search elastalert_metadata