diff --git a/packer/ansible/playbooks/template/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json.j2 b/packer/ansible/playbooks/template/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json.j2
index 1ef67ad..1b42855 100644
--- a/packer/ansible/playbooks/template/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json.j2
+++ b/packer/ansible/playbooks/template/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json.j2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             "measurement": [
               {"name": "mem_used_percent", "unit": "Percent"}
             ],
-            "metrics_collection_interval": 1
+            "metrics_collection_interval": 60
           }
         },
         "append_dimensions": {
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@
         }
     }
 {% endif %}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}