diff --git a/__tests__/sitemaps.ts b/__tests__/sitemaps.ts
index 49211c0e10..ae74f9cc0f 100644
--- a/__tests__/sitemaps.ts
+++ b/__tests__/sitemaps.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ describe('GET /sitemaps/agents-digest.xml', () => {
 
     expect(res.header['content-type']).toContain('application/xml');
     expect(res.header['cache-control']).toEqual(
-      'public, max-age=14400, s-maxage=14400',
+      'public, max-age=7200, s-maxage=7200',
     );
     expect(res.text).toContain(
       '<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">',
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ describe('GET /sitemaps/squads.xml', () => {
 
     expect(res.header['content-type']).toContain('application/xml');
     expect(res.header['cache-control']).toEqual(
-      'public, max-age=14400, s-maxage=14400',
+      'public, max-age=7200, s-maxage=7200',
     );
     expect(res.text).toContain(
       '<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">',
diff --git a/src/routes/sitemaps.ts b/src/routes/sitemaps.ts
index 2e633bb930..252c05209e 100644
--- a/src/routes/sitemaps.ts
+++ b/src/routes/sitemaps.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { AGENTS_DIGEST_SOURCE } from '../entity/Source';
 import createOrGetConnection from '../db';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
+import { ONE_HOUR_IN_SECONDS } from '../common/constants';
 import {
   DataSource,
   EntityManager,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   SelectQueryBuilder,
 } from 'typeorm';
 
-const SITEMAP_CACHE_CONTROL = 'public, max-age=14400, s-maxage=14400';
+const SITEMAP_CACHE_CONTROL = `public, max-age=${2 * ONE_HOUR_IN_SECONDS}, s-maxage=${2 * ONE_HOUR_IN_SECONDS}`;
 const SITEMAP_LIMIT = 50_000;
 const ARENA_SITEMAP_GROUP_IDS = [
   '385404b4-f0f4-4e81-a338-bdca851eca31',