diff --git a/desktop/source/app/app.cxx b/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
index 993f6933d84b..1a765eaa884f 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ bool isTimeForUpdateCheck()
     sal_uInt64 nLastUpdate = officecfg::Office::Update::Update::LastUpdateTime::get();
     sal_uInt64 nNow = tools::Time::GetSystemTicks();
 
-    sal_uInt64 n7DayInMS = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7; // 7 days in ms
+    sal_uInt64 n7DayInMS = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 12 * 1; // 12 hours in ms
     if (nNow - n7DayInMS >= nLastUpdate)
         return true;