diff --git a/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs b/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
index c071899630..2c6eac69ea 100644
--- a/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use {
 };
 
 pub const SNAPSHOT_STATUS_CACHE_FILE_NAME: &str = "status_cache";
-pub const DEFAULT_FULL_SNAPSHOT_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL_SLOTS: Slot = 100_000;
+pub const DEFAULT_FULL_SNAPSHOT_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL_SLOTS: Slot = 25_000;
 pub const DEFAULT_INCREMENTAL_SNAPSHOT_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL_SLOTS: Slot = 100;
 const MAX_SNAPSHOT_DATA_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 32 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 32 GiB
 const MAX_SNAPSHOT_VERSION_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 8; // byte