diff --git a/components/Dialogs/src/MDCDialogTransitionController.m b/components/Dialogs/src/MDCDialogTransitionController.m
index 4735814cd85..77815382b2d 100644
--- a/components/Dialogs/src/MDCDialogTransitionController.m
+++ b/components/Dialogs/src/MDCDialogTransitionController.m
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 @implementation MDCDialogTransitionController
 
-static const NSTimeInterval MDCDialogTransitionDuration = 0.5;
+static const NSTimeInterval MDCDialogTransitionDuration = 0.27;
 
 #pragma mark - UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning