diff --git a/photoprism/CHANGELOG.md b/photoprism/CHANGELOG.md
index b20f7725c..c78221efd 100644
--- a/photoprism/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/photoprism/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+## ubuntu-2025-12-06 (2025-12-06)
+- Increase healthcheck interval to reduce background CPU usage
+
 ## ubuntu-2025-11-30 (2025-11-30)
 - Update to latest version from photoprism/photoprism
 
diff --git a/photoprism/Dockerfile b/photoprism/Dockerfile
index 8cda33b7f..ae48fb375 100644
--- a/photoprism/Dockerfile
+++ b/photoprism/Dockerfile
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ RUN \
 ENV HEALTH_PORT="" \
     HEALTH_URL=""
 HEALTHCHECK \
-    --interval=30s \
+    --interval=5m \
     --retries=5 \
     --start-period=30s \
     --timeout=60s \