diff --git a/src/client/pps.go b/src/client/pps.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/client/pps.go
+++ b/src/client/pps.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	// amount of time in order to keep owning a chunk.  In reality, pods send
 	// ContinueJob more often than that because they need to account for network
 	// latency.
-	PPSLeasePeriod = 20 * time.Second
+	PPSLeasePeriod = 30 * time.Second
 )
 
 var (
Increase lease period

That way a pod needs to miss at least two heartbeats before the chunk is revoked.