diff --git a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/fallback.toml b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/fallback.toml
index 1ff037d6ad..8031b3d0e2 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/fallback.toml
+++ b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/fallback.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ NodeIsSyncingEnabled = false
 FinalizedBlockPollInterval = '5s'
 EnforceRepeatableRead = false
 DeathDeclarationDelay = '10s'
-NewHeadsPollInterval = '0s'
+NewHeadsPollInterval = '1s'
 
 [OCR]
 ContractConfirmations = 4