diff --git a/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb b/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb
index 3c351395bfb131cea0f2e4c6c68bb7878c478779..fa4e67c6ca4add729e69d19dff9c0f0d4fd0a484 100644
--- a/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb
+++ b/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://makandracards.com/makandra/950-speed-up-rspec-by-deferring-garbage-collection
 class DeferredGarbageCollection
 
-  DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD = (ENV['DEFER_GC'] || 5.0).to_f
+  DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD = (ENV['DEFER_GC'] || 2.0).to_f #used to be 10.0
 
   @@last_gc_run = Time.now