diff --git a/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml b/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml
index 32688cbe0c58dff5d7e0a7478a3de4ee8ce448e3..1ee2a4c61228da4aa377388f9b72d81eb117bbdc 100644
--- a/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml
+++ b/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     job: >-
       /usr/local/bin/needrestart2prom -outfile
       /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/needrestart.prom
+    special_time: "hourly"
   tags:
     - prometheus
     - prometheus-exporter