diff --git a/app/portainer/tags/queries.ts b/app/portainer/tags/queries.ts
index 381de44b1..fe4bac346 100644
--- a/app/portainer/tags/queries.ts
+++ b/app/portainer/tags/queries.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function useTags<T = Tag[]>({
   enabled = true,
 }: { select?: (tags: Tag[]) => T; enabled?: boolean } = {}) {
   return useQuery(tagKeys.all, () => getTags(), {
+    staleTime: 50,
     select,
     enabled,
     ...withError('Failed to retrieve tags'),
diff --git a/app/portainer/users/queries/useLoadCurrentUser.ts b/app/portainer/users/queries/useLoadCurrentUser.ts
index 324f27110..bd47fbee9 100644
--- a/app/portainer/users/queries/useLoadCurrentUser.ts
+++ b/app/portainer/users/queries/useLoadCurrentUser.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ interface CurrentUserResponse extends User {
   forceChangePassword: boolean;
 }
 
-export function useLoadCurrentUser() {
+export function useLoadCurrentUser({ staleTime }: { staleTime?: number } = {}) {
   return useQuery(userQueryKeys.me(), () => getCurrentUser(), {
     ...withError('Unable to retrieve user details'),
+    staleTime,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/app/portainer/users/queries/useUser.ts b/app/portainer/users/queries/useUser.ts
index 640e22374..01e069829 100644
--- a/app/portainer/users/queries/useUser.ts
+++ b/app/portainer/users/queries/useUser.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ import { User, UserId } from '../types';
 
 import { userQueryKeys } from './queryKeys';
 
-export function useUser(id: UserId) {
+export function useUser(
+  id: UserId,
+  { staleTime }: { staleTime?: number } = {}
+) {
   return useQuery(userQueryKeys.user(id), () => getUser(id), {
     ...withError('Unable to retrieve user details'),
+    staleTime,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/app/react-tools/react-query.ts b/app/react-tools/react-query.ts
index 2ebedbd18..336b72308 100644
--- a/app/react-tools/react-query.ts
+++ b/app/react-tools/react-query.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ export function createQueryClient() {
     defaultOptions: {
       queries: {
         networkMode: 'offlineFirst',
-        staleTime: 1000, // 1s stale time by default
       },
     },
     mutationCache: new MutationCache({
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/account/AccountView/HelmRepositoryDatatable/helm-repositories.service.ts b/app/react/portainer/account/AccountView/HelmRepositoryDatatable/helm-repositories.service.ts
index b4c5cc63b..c12ed9ffa 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/account/AccountView/HelmRepositoryDatatable/helm-repositories.service.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/account/AccountView/HelmRepositoryDatatable/helm-repositories.service.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export function useDeleteHelmRepositoriesMutation() {
 
 export function useHelmRepositories(userId: number) {
   return useQuery(['helmrepositories'], () => getHelmRepositories(userId), {
+    staleTime: 20,
     ...withError('Unable to retrieve Helm repositories'),
   });
 }
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/environments/environment-groups/queries.ts b/app/react/portainer/environments/environment-groups/queries.ts
index 9c93dde62..74a588d24 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/environments/environment-groups/queries.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/environments/environment-groups/queries.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function useGroup<T = EnvironmentGroup>(
       return getGroup(groupId);
     },
     {
+      staleTime: 50,
       select,
       enabled: groupId !== undefined,
       ...withGlobalError('Failed loading group'),
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/environments/queries/useEnvironment.ts b/app/react/portainer/environments/queries/useEnvironment.ts
index 1843d00e6..b2b8fd6bd 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/environments/queries/useEnvironment.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/environments/queries/useEnvironment.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export function useEnvironment<T = Environment>(
     {
       select,
       ...withError('Failed loading environment'),
+      staleTime: 50,
       enabled: !!environmentId,
       refetchInterval() {
         return options?.autoRefreshRate ?? false;
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/registries/repositories/queries/useTagDetails.ts b/app/react/portainer/registries/repositories/queries/useTagDetails.ts
index 6997a8eca..89da912f7 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/registries/repositories/queries/useTagDetails.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/registries/repositories/queries/useTagDetails.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface Params {
 export function useTagDetails<T = RepositoryTagViewModel>(
   params: Params,
   {
-    staleTime,
+    staleTime = 0,
     select,
   }: { select?: (model: RepositoryTagViewModel) => T; staleTime?: number } = {}
 ) {
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useExperimentalSettings.ts b/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useExperimentalSettings.ts
index f67e95152..dda159ca1 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useExperimentalSettings.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useExperimentalSettings.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function useExperimentalSettings<T = ExperimentalFeaturesSettings>(
   return useQuery(queryKeys.experimental(), getExperimentalSettings, {
     select,
     enabled,
+    staleTime: 50,
     ...withError('Unable to retrieve experimental settings'),
   });
 }
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useSettings.ts b/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useSettings.ts
index 15a206e9a..04d7094c8 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useSettings.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/settings/queries/useSettings.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function useSettings<T = Settings>(
   return useQuery(queryKeys.base(), getSettings, {
     select,
     enabled,
+    staleTime: 50,
     ...withError('Unable to retrieve settings'),
   });
 }