diff --git a/tasks/stfbuilder-nooutput.yaml b/tasks/stfbuilder-nooutput.yaml
index 5b8b3361b..69730052d 100644
--- a/tasks/stfbuilder-nooutput.yaml
+++ b/tasks/stfbuilder-nooutput.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ command:
     - "--session=default"
     - "--transport=shmem"
     - "--monitoring-backend='{{ monitoring_dd_url }}'"
+    - "--monitoring-process-interval='5'"
     - "--detector-rdh={{ rdh_version }}"
     - "--detector-subspec={{dd_detector_subspec}}"
     - "--severity={{ fmq_severity }}"
diff --git a/tasks/stfbuilder-senderoutput.yaml b/tasks/stfbuilder-senderoutput.yaml
index 3c7b9fa47..d56b28a73 100644
--- a/tasks/stfbuilder-senderoutput.yaml
+++ b/tasks/stfbuilder-senderoutput.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ command:
     - "--shm-segment-id=2"
     - "--shm-segment-size=33554432"
     - "--monitoring-backend='{{ monitoring_dd_url }}'"
+    - "--monitoring-process-interval='5'"
     - "--discovery-partition={{ environment_id }}"
     - "--discovery-endpoint={{ dd_discovery_endpoint }}"
     - "--detector-rdh={{ rdh_version }}"