diff --git a/.changeset/healthy-donuts-grow.md b/.changeset/healthy-donuts-grow.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddea8c512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/healthy-donuts-grow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@commercetools/sdk-middleware-auth': patch
+---
+
+Change token fetch window from 2 hours to 5 minutes.
diff --git a/packages/sdk-middleware-auth/src/base-auth-flow.js b/packages/sdk-middleware-auth/src/base-auth-flow.js
index 0e19434c1..c0c636b5e 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-middleware-auth/src/base-auth-flow.js
+++ b/packages/sdk-middleware-auth/src/base-auth-flow.js
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ function calculateExpirationTime(expiresIn: number): number {
   return (
     Date.now() +
     expiresIn * 1000 -
-    // Add a gap of 2 hours before expiration time.
-    2 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+    // Add a gap of 5 minutes before expiration time.
+    5 * 60 * 1000
   )
 }