diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/migrate.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/migrate.rs
index 88c3c1c222d..36be181289c 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/migrate.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/migrate.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const COMPACTION_FINALITY_DISTANCE: u64 = 1024;
 const BLOCKS_PER_RECONSTRUCTION: usize = 8192 * 4;
 
 /// Default number of epochs to wait between finalization migrations.
-pub const DEFAULT_EPOCHS_PER_RUN: u64 = 4;
+pub const DEFAULT_EPOCHS_PER_RUN: u64 = 1;
 
 /// The background migrator runs a thread to perform pruning and migrate state from the hot
 /// to the cold database.