diff --git a/.github/ansible/staging.eu-west-1.hosts.yaml b/.github/ansible/staging.eu-west-1.hosts.yaml
index e8d0bb1dc7..b634345c72 100644
--- a/.github/ansible/staging.eu-west-1.hosts.yaml
+++ b/.github/ansible/staging.eu-west-1.hosts.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ storage:
       pg_distrib_dir: /usr/local
       metric_collection_endpoint: http://neon-internal-api.aws.neon.build/billing/api/v1/usage_events
       metric_collection_interval: 10min
+      evictions_low_residence_duration_metric_threshold: "20m"
       disk_usage_based_eviction:
         max_usage_pct: 80
         # TODO: learn typical resident-size growth rate [GiB/minute] and configure
diff --git a/.github/ansible/staging.us-east-2.hosts.yaml b/.github/ansible/staging.us-east-2.hosts.yaml
index 4ef51651fc..c1ceaa61ee 100644
--- a/.github/ansible/staging.us-east-2.hosts.yaml
+++ b/.github/ansible/staging.us-east-2.hosts.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ storage:
       pg_distrib_dir: /usr/local
       metric_collection_endpoint: http://neon-internal-api.aws.neon.build/billing/api/v1/usage_events
       metric_collection_interval: 10min
+      evictions_low_residence_duration_metric_threshold: "20m"
       disk_usage_based_eviction:
         max_usage_pct: 80
         # TODO: learn typical resident-size growth rate [GiB/minute] and configure