diff --git a/changes/issue-3928-increase-session-duration b/changes/issue-3928-increase-session-duration
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19cd2bbeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/issue-3928-increase-session-duration
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Increase default session duration to 5 days
diff --git a/cmd/fleet/main.go b/cmd/fleet/main.go
index 0e1af85137..15d70752bb 100644
--- a/cmd/fleet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fleet/main.go
@@ -61,5 +61,4 @@ func applyDevFlags(cfg *config.FleetConfig) {
 	cfg.Mysql.Username = "fleet"
 	cfg.Mysql.Database = "fleet"
 	cfg.Mysql.Password = "insecure"
-	cfg.Session.Duration = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
 }
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 38c2896bd7..a00b6c0caf 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (man Manager) addConfigs() {
 	// Session
 	man.addConfigInt("session.key_size", 64,
 		"Size of generated session keys")
-	man.addConfigDuration("session.duration", 24*time.Hour,
+	man.addConfigDuration("session.duration", 24*5*time.Hour,
 		"Duration session keys remain valid (i.e. 4h)")
 
 	// Osquery
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ func TestConfig() FleetConfig {
 		},
 		Session: SessionConfig{
 			KeySize:  64,
-			Duration: 24 * 90 * time.Hour,
+			Duration: 24 * 5 * time.Hour,
 		},
 		Osquery: OsqueryConfig{
 			NodeKeySize:          24,
diff --git a/server/fleet/traits.go b/server/fleet/traits.go
index c703a51eb7..870618ba27 100644
--- a/server/fleet/traits.go
+++ b/server/fleet/traits.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package fleet
 
 import "time"
 
-// Createable contains common timestamp fields indicating create time
+// CreateTimestamp contains common timestamp fields indicating create time
 type CreateTimestamp struct {
 	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at" db:"created_at"`
 }