diff --git a/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/system.rules b/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/system.rules
index be1343b82..f693a250c 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/system.rules
+++ b/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/system.rules
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ groups:
 
   - alert: InstanceDown
     expr: up{job="node"} == 0
-    for: 1m
+    for: 5m
     labels:
       severity: alert
     annotations:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fixes-InstanceDown-Alert-570a295e3d5006f7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fixes-InstanceDown-Alert-570a295e3d5006f7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60be7d77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fixes-InstanceDown-Alert-570a295e3d5006f7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes the InstanceDown alerting rule wait time to be consistent with
+    the alert message. The alert message says "for 5 minutes" but the rule
+    was set to wait for 1 minute.
+