diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/agent.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/agent.ts
index f3990ba78c5391..e9226fa6849253 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/agent.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/constants/agent.ts
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ export const AGENT_TYPE_TEMPORARY = 'TEMPORARY';
 
 export const AGENT_POLLING_THRESHOLD_MS = 30000;
 export const AGENT_POLLING_INTERVAL = 1000;
+export const AGENT_UPDATE_LAST_CHECKIN_INTERVAL_MS = 30000;
+export const AGENT_UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS = 5000;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/package.json b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/package.json
index 052d3d0b42c7e6..8826ed57ab1067 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/package.json
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
   "name": "ingest-manager",
   "version": "8.0.0",
   "private": true,
-  "license": "Elastic-License"
+  "license": "Elastic-License",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "abort-controller": "^3.0.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/constants/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/constants/index.ts
index 6e633c04ed8169..4d60b9031414ee 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/constants/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/constants/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export {
   AGENT_TYPE_TEMPORARY,
   AGENT_POLLING_THRESHOLD_MS,
   AGENT_POLLING_INTERVAL,
+  AGENT_UPDATE_LAST_CHECKIN_INTERVAL_MS,
+  AGENT_UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS,
   INDEX_PATTERN_PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX,
   // Routes
   PLUGIN_ID,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state.ts
index df427ff26f200f..cb459e863241d9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import { Agent } from '../../../types';
 import { appContextService } from '../../app_context';
 import { agentCheckinStateConnectedAgentsFactory } from './state_connected_agents';
 import { agentCheckinStateNewActionsFactory } from './state_new_actions';
-
-const UPDATE_LAST_CHECKIN_INTERVAL_MS = 15000;
+import { AGENT_UPDATE_LAST_CHECKIN_INTERVAL_MS } from '../../../constants';
 
 function agentCheckinStateFactory() {
   const agentConnected = agentCheckinStateConnectedAgentsFactory();
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ function agentCheckinStateFactory() {
       } catch (err) {
         appContextService.getLogger().error(err);
       }
-    }, UPDATE_LAST_CHECKIN_INTERVAL_MS);
+    }, AGENT_UPDATE_LAST_CHECKIN_INTERVAL_MS);
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state_new_actions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state_new_actions.ts
index ee736f7406a4e2..0f30ab409f3810 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state_new_actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agents/checkin/state_new_actions.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@ import {
 } from '../../../types';
 import { agentConfigService } from '../../agent_config';
 import * as APIKeysService from '../../api_keys';
-import { AGENT_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../../../constants';
+import { AGENT_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE, AGENT_UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS } from '../../../constants';
 import { createAgentAction, getNewActionsSince } from '../actions';
 import { appContextService } from '../../app_context';
 import { toPromiseAbortable, AbortError } from './rxjs_utils';
 
-const UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS = 10000;
-
 function getInternalUserSOClient() {
   const fakeRequest = ({
     headers: {},
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ function getInternalUserSOClient() {
 
 function createAgentConfigSharedObservable(configId: string) {
   const internalSOClient = getInternalUserSOClient();
-  return timer(0, UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS).pipe(
+  return timer(0, AGENT_UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS).pipe(
     switchMap(() =>
       from(agentConfigService.get(internalSOClient, configId) as Promise<AgentConfig>)
     ),
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ function createAgentConfigSharedObservable(configId: string) {
 }
 
 function createNewActionsSharedObservable(): Observable<AgentAction[]> {
-  return timer(0, UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS).pipe(
+  return timer(0, AGENT_UPDATE_ACTIONS_INTERVAL_MS).pipe(
     switchMap(() => {
       const internalSOClient = getInternalUserSOClient();
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 14e4cdd62955a1..464c3b7ae0cf8e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6398,6 +6398,13 @@ abort-controller@^2.0.3:
   dependencies:
     event-target-shim "^5.0.0"
 
+abort-controller@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-3.0.0.tgz#eaf54d53b62bae4138e809ca225c8439a6efb392"
+  integrity sha512-h8lQ8tacZYnR3vNQTgibj+tODHI5/+l06Au2Pcriv/Gmet0eaj4TwWH41sO9wnHDiQsEj19q0drzdWdeAHtweg==
+  dependencies:
+    event-target-shim "^5.0.0"
+
 abortcontroller-polyfill@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abortcontroller-polyfill/-/abortcontroller-polyfill-1.4.0.tgz#0d5eb58e522a461774af8086414f68e1dda7a6c4"