diff --git a/.changeset/three-ants-give.md b/.changeset/three-ants-give.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d33fad05f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/three-ants-give.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@rocket.chat/cron": patch
+"@rocket.chat/meteor": patch
+---
+
+Increase cron job check delay to 1 min from 5s.
+
+This reduces MongoDB requests introduced on 6.3.
diff --git a/packages/cron/src/index.ts b/packages/cron/src/index.ts
index 62bc0512bac6..dcd4dc5745d8 100644
--- a/packages/cron/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cron/src/index.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class AgendaCronJobs {
 			mongo,
 			db: { collection: 'rocketchat_cron' },
 			defaultConcurrency: 1,
+			processEvery: '1 minute',
 		});
 		await this.scheduler.start();