diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf0342e40a..658d1b9ac1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Ve
 - Moved `ConvertKzgCommitmentToVersionedHash` to the `primitives` package.
 - reversed the boolean return on `BatchVerifyDepositsSignatures`, from need verification, to all keys successfully verified
 - Fix `engine_exchangeCapabilities` implementation.
+- Updated the default `scrape-interval` in `Client-stats` to 2 minutes to accommodate Beaconcha.in API rate limits.
 - Switch to compounding when consolidating with source==target.
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/cmd/client-stats/flags/flags.go b/cmd/client-stats/flags/flags.go
index 605c9494b4..95ef697e42 100644
--- a/cmd/client-stats/flags/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/client-stats/flags/flags.go
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ var (
 	ScrapeIntervalFlag = &cli.DurationFlag{
 		Name:  "scrape-interval",
 		Usage: "Frequency of scraping expressed as a duration, eg 2m or 1m5s.",
-		Value: 60 * time.Second,
+		Value: 120 * time.Second,
 	}
 )