diff --git a/apps/user_status/lib/Service/StatusService.php b/apps/user_status/lib/Service/StatusService.php
index 85368342b2596b1b1cb28cc7fe5a63c55e071904..39edad358505938254b6f0f7281253ae7cd1c721 100644
--- a/apps/user_status/lib/Service/StatusService.php
+++ b/apps/user_status/lib/Service/StatusService.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class StatusService {
 	];
 
 	/** @var int */
-	public const INVALIDATE_STATUS_THRESHOLD = 5 /* minutes */ * 60 /* seconds */;
+	public const INVALIDATE_STATUS_THRESHOLD = 15 /* minutes */ * 60 /* seconds */;
 
 	/** @var int */
 	public const MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 80;
diff --git a/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/BackgroundJob/ClearOldStatusesBackgroundJobTest.php b/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/BackgroundJob/ClearOldStatusesBackgroundJobTest.php
index ccb649ecce30f3be25ca36f995ca985e28bd31a6..682151a3f5d4e0128aeb5ed9248300fc8c88a224 100644
--- a/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/BackgroundJob/ClearOldStatusesBackgroundJobTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/BackgroundJob/ClearOldStatusesBackgroundJobTest.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ClearOldStatusesBackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 			->with(1337);
 		$this->mapper->expects($this->once())
 			->method('clearStatusesOlderThan')
-			->with(1037, 1337);
+			->with(437, 1337);
 
 		$this->time->method('getTime')
 			->willReturn(1337);
diff --git a/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/Service/StatusServiceTest.php b/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/Service/StatusServiceTest.php
index 4f47070e7c1c9ee3b58b89d8e32b22b8dc0fb09a..1e61f5b09caa94a32a091803ccb6b2308e085e78 100644
--- a/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/Service/StatusServiceTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_status/tests/Unit/Service/StatusServiceTest.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class StatusServiceTest extends TestCase {
 		$status->setIsUserDefined(true);
 
 		$this->timeFactory->method('getTime')
-			->willReturn(1400);
+			->willReturn(2600);
 		$this->mapper->expects($this->once())
 			->method('findByUserId')
 			->with('john.doe')
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class StatusServiceTest extends TestCase {
 
 		$this->assertEquals($status, $this->service->findByUserId('john.doe'));
 		$this->assertEquals('offline', $status->getStatus());
-		$this->assertEquals(1400, $status->getStatusTimestamp());
+		$this->assertEquals(2600, $status->getStatusTimestamp());
 		$this->assertFalse($status->getIsUserDefined());
 	}