diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/xeno.dm b/code/__DEFINES/xeno.dm
index 82237cd793b2..222222a09d54 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/xeno.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/xeno.dm
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #define TUNNEL_ENTER_BIG_XENO_DELAY 120
 #define TUNNEL_ENTER_LARVA_DELAY 10
 
+/// The duration it takes a player controlled facehugger to leap or hug adjacently
+#define FACEHUGGER_WINDUP_DURATION 1 SECONDS
+
 // Defines for action types and click delays used by xenomorph/unarmedattack() and attack_alien().
 
 /// Full attack delay.
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/abilities/facehugger/facehugger_abilities.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/abilities/facehugger/facehugger_abilities.dm
index 9f5de1c631cd..91bda707ec45 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/abilities/facehugger/facehugger_abilities.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/abilities/facehugger/facehugger_abilities.dm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	knockdown = TRUE
 	knockdown_duration = 0.5
 	windup = TRUE
-	windup_duration = 10
+	windup_duration = FACEHUGGER_WINDUP_DURATION
 	freeze_self = TRUE
 	freeze_time = 5
 	freeze_play_sound = FALSE
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Facehugger.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Facehugger.dm
index 79a5f986ea10..ac03389994c9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Facehugger.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Facehugger.dm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			to_chat(src, SPAN_WARNING("You can't infect \the [human]..."))
 			return
 		visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("\The [src] starts climbing onto \the [human]'s face..."), SPAN_XENONOTICE("You start climbing onto \the [human]'s face..."))
-		if(!do_after(src, 6 SECONDS, INTERRUPT_ALL, BUSY_ICON_HOSTILE, human, INTERRUPT_MOVED, BUSY_ICON_HOSTILE))
+		if(!do_after(src, FACEHUGGER_WINDUP_DURATION, INTERRUPT_ALL, BUSY_ICON_HOSTILE, human, INTERRUPT_MOVED, BUSY_ICON_HOSTILE))
 			return
 		if(!human.lying)
 			to_chat(src, SPAN_WARNING("You can't reach \the [human], they need to be lying down."))