diff --git a/src/keyboard_input.cpp b/src/keyboard_input.cpp
index c34b2c8780..fe2844e2e3 100644
--- a/src/keyboard_input.cpp
+++ b/src/keyboard_input.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void KeyboardInputRedirection::reconfigure()
     }
     if (waylandServer()->seat()->keyboard()) {
         const auto config = kwinApp()->inputConfig()->group(QStringLiteral("Keyboard"));
-        const int delay = config.readEntry("RepeatDelay", 660);
+        const int delay = config.readEntry("RepeatDelay", 600);
         const int rate = std::ceil(config.readEntry("RepeatRate", 25.0));
         const QString repeatMode = config.readEntry("KeyRepeat", "repeat");
         // when the clients will repeat the character or turn repeat key events into an accent character selection, we want