diff --git a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py
index a0d031834ae..fce85339430 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type AsyncWebSocketCommandHandler = Callable[
 DOMAIN: Final = "websocket_api"
 URL: Final = "/api/websocket"
 PENDING_MSG_PEAK: Final = 1024
-PENDING_MSG_PEAK_TIME: Final = 5
+PENDING_MSG_PEAK_TIME: Final = 10
 # Maximum number of messages that can be pending at any given time.
 # This is effectively the upper limit of the number of entities
 # that can fire state changes within ~1 second.
diff --git a/tests/components/websocket_api/test_http.py b/tests/components/websocket_api/test_http.py
index 03e30c11ee9..370aab1067a 100644
--- a/tests/components/websocket_api/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/components/websocket_api/test_http.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async def test_pending_msg_peak(
     instance: http.WebSocketHandler = cast(http.WebSocketHandler, setup_instance)
 
     # Fill the queue past the allowed peak
-    for _ in range(10):
+    for _ in range(20):
         instance._send_message({"overload": "message"})
 
     async_fire_time_changed(
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ async def test_pending_msg_peak(
     msg = await websocket_client.receive()
     assert msg.type is WSMsgType.CLOSE
     assert "Client unable to keep up with pending messages" in caplog.text
-    assert "Stayed over 5 for 5 seconds" in caplog.text
+    assert "Stayed over 5 for 10 seconds" in caplog.text
     assert "overload" in caplog.text