diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 512774dfb..8d67085b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+name: Prune stale issues/prs
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  # schedule:
-  # - cron: '0 */4 * * *'
+  schedule:
+  - cron: '0 */3 * * *'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e  # v9.0.0
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        # Different amounts of days for issues/PRs are not currently supported but there is a PR
-        # open for it: https://github.com/actions/stale/issues/214
         days-before-stale: 30
         stale-issue-message: >
           This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had activity in the
@@ -38,6 +37,5 @@ jobs:
         exempt-issue-labels: 'no stalebot,help wanted'
         stale-pr-label: 'stale'
         exempt-pr-labels: 'no stalebot'
-        operations-per-run: 500
+        operations-per-run: 128
         ascending: true
-        debug-only: true