diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index ba242cb600..869579a8e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         aws-region: eu-central-1
         role-to-assume: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
-        role-duration-seconds: 43000 # almost 12 hours  
+        role-duration-seconds: 18000 # 5 hours is currently max associated with IAM role 
 
     - name: Download Neon artifact
       uses: ./.github/actions/download