diff --git a/src/mqtt.cpp b/src/mqtt.cpp
index 3280bc2bc..f8d93f36e 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt.cpp
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@ void Mqtt::process_queue() {
     // it will have a real packet ID
     if (mqtt_message.packet_id_ > 0) {
         LOG_DEBUG("Waiting for QOS-ACK");
-        // if we don't get the ack within 10 minutes, republish with new packet_id
-        if (uuid::get_uptime_sec() - last_publish_queue_ < 600) {
+        // if we don't get the ack within 10 seconds, republish with new packet_id
+        if (uuid::get_uptime_sec() - last_publish_queue_ < 10) {
             return;
         }
     }