diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/tcp_proxy/utils.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/tcp_proxy/utils.rs
index 9c724106be..1e874fe565 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/tcp_proxy/utils.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/tcp_proxy/utils.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tokio::{io::AsyncWriteExt as _, net::tcp::OwnedWriteHalf};
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-const DEFAULT_DECAY: u64 = 10; // decay time in seconds
+const DEFAULT_DECAY: u64 = 8; // decay time in seconds
 
 // Keeps track of
 // - incoming and unsorted messages wrapped in DecayWrapper for keeping track of when they were received