diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6451cefc9..a93fd776f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+- Change default Stackprof profiler interval to 1000 microseconds ([#2742](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2742))
+
 ## 5.28.0
 
 ### Features
@@ -7,7 +11,7 @@
 ### Miscellaneous
 
 - Deprecate all Metrics related APIs [#2726](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2726)
-    
+
     Sentry [no longer has the Metrics Beta offering](https://sentry.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/26369339769883-Metrics-Beta-Ended-on-October-7th) so
     all the following APIs linked to Metrics have been deprecated and will be removed in the next major.
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb
index d1fd733f7..77ca39b8d 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class Profiler
 
     VERSION = "1"
     PLATFORM = "ruby"
-    # 101 Hz in microseconds
-    DEFAULT_INTERVAL = 1e6 / 101
+    # 1000 Hz in microseconds
+    DEFAULT_INTERVAL = 1000
     MICRO_TO_NANO_SECONDS = 1e3
     MIN_SAMPLES_REQUIRED = 2
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/profiler_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/profiler_spec.rb
index 310ae0d59..d5a548912 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/profiler_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/profiler_spec.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         subject.set_initial_sample_decision(true)
 
         expect(StackProf).to receive(:start).with(
-          interval: 1e6 / 101,
+          interval: 1000,
           mode: :wall,
           raw: true,
           aggregate: false