diff --git a/src/modules/uxrce_dds_client/dds_topics.yaml b/src/modules/uxrce_dds_client/dds_topics.yaml
index a849b589150e..dd4ca76ca9a1 100644
--- a/src/modules/uxrce_dds_client/dds_topics.yaml
+++ b/src/modules/uxrce_dds_client/dds_topics.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ publications:
 
   - topic: /fmu/out/sensor_combined
     type: px4_msgs::msg::SensorCombined
+    rate: 5
 
   - topic: /fmu/out/timesync_status
     type: px4_msgs::msg::TimesyncStatus