diff --git a/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml b/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml
index 32688cbe0c58dff5d7e0a7478a3de4ee8ce448e3..8a3be68ea066426420cf15235e3aa4f9c5804db2 100644
--- a/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml
+++ b/node_exporter/tasks/needrestart.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     cron_file: needrestart2prom
     user: root
     name: needrestart2prom
+    minute: '*/5'
     job: >-
       /usr/local/bin/needrestart2prom -outfile
       /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/needrestart.prom