diff --git a/Spanner/src/Admin/Database/V1/resources/database_admin_descriptor_config.php b/Spanner/src/Admin/Database/V1/resources/database_admin_descriptor_config.php
index c8e0ddd43f1e..7cff8d50e889 100644
--- a/Spanner/src/Admin/Database/V1/resources/database_admin_descriptor_config.php
+++ b/Spanner/src/Admin/Database/V1/resources/database_admin_descriptor_config.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                 'longRunning' => [
                     'operationReturnType' => '\Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Database',
                     'metadataReturnType' => '\Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateDatabaseMetadata',
-                    'initialPollDelayMillis' => '20000',
+                    'initialPollDelayMillis' => '1000',
                     'pollDelayMultiplier' => '1.5',
                     'maxPollDelayMillis' => '45000',
                     'totalPollTimeoutMillis' => '86400000',
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
                 'longRunning' => [
                     'operationReturnType' => '\Google\Protobuf\GPBEmpty',
                     'metadataReturnType' => '\Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\UpdateDatabaseDdlMetadata',
-                    'initialPollDelayMillis' => '20000',
+                    'initialPollDelayMillis' => '1000',
                     'pollDelayMultiplier' => '1.5',
                     'maxPollDelayMillis' => '45000',
                     'totalPollTimeoutMillis' => '86400000',