diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/nodepool/nodepool.yaml.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/nodepool/nodepool.yaml.erb
index 1efe6852c0..fa48b1797c 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/templates/nodepool/nodepool.yaml.erb
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/nodepool/nodepool.yaml.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ script-dir: /etc/nodepool/scripts
 dburi: 'mysql://nodepool:<%= mysql_password %>@localhost/nodepool'
 
 cron:
-  cleanup: '27 */6 * * *'
+  cleanup: '*/5 * * * *'
   update-image: '14 2 * * *'
 
 zmq-publishers: