diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt
index eb2786f59d..c65e8763c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
   (thread
    (λ ()
      (forever
-      (sleep (* 24 60 60))
+      (sleep (* 1 60 60))
       (printf "Running scheduled update.\n")
       (signal-update! empty))))
   (serve/servlet
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/update.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/update.rkt
index df1050dabb..ded1e9a9cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/update.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/update.rkt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     (define now (current-seconds))
     (define last (hash-ref i 'last-checked -inf.0))
     (when (or force?
-              (>= (- now last) (* 24 60 60)))
+              (>= (- now last) (* 1 60 60)))
       (printf "\tupdating ~a\n" pkg-name)
       (define new-checksum
         (package-url->checksum