diff --git a/ntcore/src/main/native/cpp/Dispatcher.cpp b/ntcore/src/main/native/cpp/Dispatcher.cpp
index f3bff4ded1..560986ca10 100644
--- a/ntcore/src/main/native/cpp/Dispatcher.cpp
+++ b/ntcore/src/main/native/cpp/Dispatcher.cpp
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ void DispatcherBase::Stop() {
 }
 
 void DispatcherBase::SetUpdateRate(double interval) {
-  // don't allow update rates faster than 10 ms or slower than 1 second
-  if (interval < 0.01)
-    interval = 0.01;
+  // don't allow update rates faster than 5 ms or slower than 1 second
+  if (interval < 0.005)
+    interval = 0.005;
   else if (interval > 1.0)
     interval = 1.0;
   m_update_rate = static_cast<unsigned int>(interval * 1000);
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ void DispatcherBase::Flush() {
   auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
   {
     std::scoped_lock lock(m_flush_mutex);
-    // don't allow flushes more often than every 10 ms
-    if ((now - m_last_flush) < std::chrono::milliseconds(10)) return;
+    // don't allow flushes more often than every 5 ms
+    if ((now - m_last_flush) < std::chrono::milliseconds(5)) return;
     m_last_flush = now;
     m_do_flush = true;
   }