diff --git a/src/daemon/config.js b/src/daemon/config.js
index 02b368d7e..20df91de4 100644
--- a/src/daemon/config.js
+++ b/src/daemon/config.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function applyDefaults (ipfsd) {
   config.Swarm = config.Swarm ?? {}
   config.Swarm.DisableNatPortMap = false
   config.Swarm.ConnMgr = config.Swarm.ConnMgr ?? {}
-  config.Swarm.ConnMgr.GracePeriod = '1m'
+  config.Swarm.ConnMgr.GracePeriod = '3m'
   config.Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater = 20
   config.Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater = 40
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const getGatewayPort = (config) => getHttpPort(config.Addresses.Gateway)
  */
 function migrateConfig (ipfsd) {
   // Bump revision number when new migration rule is added
-  const REVISION = 4
+  const REVISION = 5
   const REVISION_KEY = 'daemonConfigRevision'
   const CURRENT_REVISION = store.get(REVISION_KEY, 0)
 
@@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ function migrateConfig (ipfsd) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (CURRENT_REVISION < 5) {
+    // expand pretection interval for new connections.
+    // Rationale: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2055#issuecomment-1090327377
+    const { GracePeriod } = config.Swarm.ConnMgr
+    if (GracePeriod === '1m') {
+      config.Swarm.ConnMgr.GracePeriod = '3m'
+      changed = true
+    }
+  }
+
   if (changed) {
     try {
       writeConfigFile(ipfsd, config)
diff --git a/test/e2e/launch.e2e.test.js b/test/e2e/launch.e2e.test.js
index 960134b6a..742bc284f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/launch.e2e.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/launch.e2e.test.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ test.describe.serial('Application launch', async () => {
 
     const config = fs.readJsonSync(configPath)
     // ensure app has migrated config
-    expect(config.Swarm.ConnMgr.GracePeriod).toEqual('1m')
+    expect(config.Swarm.ConnMgr.GracePeriod).toEqual('3m')
     expect(config.Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater).toEqual(20)
     expect(config.Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater).toEqual(40)
   })