diff --git a/files/nats_registration_listener.py b/files/nats_registration_listener.py
index 5572404..f908cad 100644
--- a/files/nats_registration_listener.py
+++ b/files/nats_registration_listener.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RMQ_DELAY_MS = 300000
 
 # Posture analyzer gate: skip re-running sot-updater-scheduler if recently run (seconds)
 posture_analyzer = "sot-updater-scheduler"
-sot_timeout = 1800
+sot_timeout = 300
 
 # Product -> Tag slug mapping (kept unchanged, though not used now)
 PRODUCT_TAG_SLUG = {