diff --git a/.sampo/changesets/ancient-queen-tursas.md b/.sampo/changesets/ancient-queen-tursas.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3e94302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sampo/changesets/ancient-queen-tursas.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+pypi/posthog: patch
+---
+
+Increase the default background flush interval to 5 seconds
diff --git a/posthog/client.py b/posthog/client.py
index 20d1a9f9..800cc577 100644
--- a/posthog/client.py
+++ b/posthog/client.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def __init__(
         send=True,
         on_error=None,
         flush_at=100,
-        flush_interval=0.5,
+        flush_interval=5.0,
         gzip=False,
         max_retries=3,
         sync_mode=False,
diff --git a/posthog/consumer.py b/posthog/consumer.py
index 6f0450f0..9f208662 100644
--- a/posthog/consumer.py
+++ b/posthog/consumer.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def __init__(
         flush_at=100,
         host=None,
         on_error=None,
-        flush_interval=0.5,
+        flush_interval=5.0,
         gzip=False,
         retries=10,
         timeout=15,
diff --git a/references/public_api_snapshot.txt b/references/public_api_snapshot.txt
index cab2d743..e6645985 100644
--- a/references/public_api_snapshot.txt
+++ b/references/public_api_snapshot.txt
@@ -744,8 +744,8 @@ class posthog.ai.types.ToolInProgress
 class posthog.args.OptionalCaptureArgs 
 class posthog.args.OptionalSetArgs 
 class posthog.bucketed_rate_limiter.BucketedRateLimiter(bucket_size: Number, refill_rate: Number, refill_interval_seconds: Number, on_bucket_rate_limited: Optional[Callable[[Hashable], None]] = None, clock: Callable[[], float] = time.monotonic)
-class posthog.client.Client(project_api_key: str, host=None, debug=False, max_queue_size=10000, send=True, on_error=None, flush_at=100, flush_interval=0.5, gzip=False, max_retries=3, sync_mode=False, timeout=15, thread=1, poll_interval=30, personal_api_key=None, disabled=False, disable_geoip=True, is_server=True, historical_migration=False, feature_flags_request_timeout_seconds=3, super_properties=None, enable_exception_autocapture=False, log_captured_exceptions=False, project_root=None, privacy_mode=False, before_send=None, flag_fallback_cache_url=None, enable_local_evaluation=True, flag_definition_cache_provider: Optional[FlagDefinitionCacheProvider] = None, capture_exception_code_variables=False, code_variables_mask_patterns=None, code_variables_ignore_patterns=None, in_app_modules: list[str] | None = None, enable_exception_autocapture_rate_limiting=False, exception_autocapture_bucket_size=ExceptionCapture.DEFAULT_BUCKET_SIZE, exception_autocapture_refill_rate=ExceptionCapture.DEFAULT_REFILL_RATE, exception_autocapture_refill_interval_seconds=ExceptionCapture.DEFAULT_REFILL_INTERVAL_SECONDS, _dedicated_ai_endpoint=False)
-class posthog.consumer.Consumer(queue, api_key, flush_at=100, host=None, on_error=None, flush_interval=0.5, gzip=False, retries=10, timeout=15, historical_migration=False, dedicated_ai_endpoint=False)
+class posthog.client.Client(project_api_key: str, host=None, debug=False, max_queue_size=10000, send=True, on_error=None, flush_at=100, flush_interval=5.0, gzip=False, max_retries=3, sync_mode=False, timeout=15, thread=1, poll_interval=30, personal_api_key=None, disabled=False, disable_geoip=True, is_server=True, historical_migration=False, feature_flags_request_timeout_seconds=3, super_properties=None, enable_exception_autocapture=False, log_captured_exceptions=False, project_root=None, privacy_mode=False, before_send=None, flag_fallback_cache_url=None, enable_local_evaluation=True, flag_definition_cache_provider: Optional[FlagDefinitionCacheProvider] = None, capture_exception_code_variables=False, code_variables_mask_patterns=None, code_variables_ignore_patterns=None, in_app_modules: list[str] | None = None, enable_exception_autocapture_rate_limiting=False, exception_autocapture_bucket_size=ExceptionCapture.DEFAULT_BUCKET_SIZE, exception_autocapture_refill_rate=ExceptionCapture.DEFAULT_REFILL_RATE, exception_autocapture_refill_interval_seconds=ExceptionCapture.DEFAULT_REFILL_INTERVAL_SECONDS, _dedicated_ai_endpoint=False)
+class posthog.consumer.Consumer(queue, api_key, flush_at=100, host=None, on_error=None, flush_interval=5.0, gzip=False, retries=10, timeout=15, historical_migration=False, dedicated_ai_endpoint=False)
 class posthog.contexts.ContextScope(parent=None, fresh: bool = False, capture_exceptions: bool = True, client: Optional[Client] = None)
 class posthog.exception_capture.ExceptionCapture(client: Client, rate_limiting_enabled=False, bucket_size=DEFAULT_BUCKET_SIZE, refill_rate=DEFAULT_REFILL_RATE, refill_interval_seconds=DEFAULT_REFILL_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
 class posthog.exception_utils.AnnotatedValue(value, metadata)
diff --git a/sdk_compliance_adapter/adapter.py b/sdk_compliance_adapter/adapter.py
index e0ed1b4b..032dea68 100644
--- a/sdk_compliance_adapter/adapter.py
+++ b/sdk_compliance_adapter/adapter.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def init():
         api_key = data.get("api_key")
         host = data.get("host")
         flush_at = data.get("flush_at", 100)
-        flush_interval_ms = data.get("flush_interval_ms", 500)
+        flush_interval_ms = data.get("flush_interval_ms", 5000)
         max_retries = data.get("max_retries", 3)
         enable_compression = data.get("enable_compression", False)