diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/tokenizer_manager.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/tokenizer_manager.py
index 4788565ac..29b98df2e 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/tokenizer_manager.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/tokenizer_manager.py
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ class TokenizerManager:
 
     async def sigterm_watchdog(self):
         while not self.gracefully_exit:
-            await asyncio.sleep(60)
+            await asyncio.sleep(5)
 
         # drain requests
         while True: