diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index a920efd20b..cd700c2254 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 # bodhi jobs, previously run by the TurboGears scheduler.
 
 - name: bodhi-approve-testing cron job.
-  cron: name="bodhi-approve-testing" hour="*/6" minute=0 user="apache"
+  cron: name="bodhi-approve-testing" minute="*/3" user="apache"
         job="/usr/bin/bodhi-approve-testing /etc/bodhi/production.ini > /dev/null"
         cron_file=bodhi-approve-testing-job
   tags: