diff --git a/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthModule.java b/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthModule.java
index be76efb02566d..39868a4e44ed1 100644
--- a/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthModule.java
+++ b/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthModule.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ private Result handleOidcCallback(final Result result, final PlayWebContext cont
                 context.getJavaSession().put(ACTOR, actorUrn);
                 return result.withCookies(createActorCookie(actorUrn, _configs.hasPath(SESSION_TTL_CONFIG_PATH)
                         ? _configs.getInt(SESSION_TTL_CONFIG_PATH)
-                        : DEFAULT_SESSION_TTL_DAYS));
+                        : DEFAULT_SESSION_TTL_HOURS));
             } else {
                 throw new RuntimeException(
                         String.format("Failed to extract DataHub username from username claim %s using regex %s",
diff --git a/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthUtils.java b/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthUtils.java
index c0d1c7c869306..6abd9b416e64d 100644
--- a/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthUtils.java
+++ b/datahub-frontend/app/react/auth/AuthUtils.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 public class AuthUtils {
 
-    public static final String SESSION_TTL_CONFIG_PATH = "auth.session.ttlInDays";
-    public static final Integer DEFAULT_SESSION_TTL_DAYS = 30;
+    public static final String SESSION_TTL_CONFIG_PATH = "auth.session.ttlInHours";
+    public static final Integer DEFAULT_SESSION_TTL_HOURS = 720;
     public static final CorpuserUrn DEFAULT_ACTOR_URN = new CorpuserUrn("datahub");
 
     public static final String LOGIN_ROUTE = "/login";
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ public static boolean isAuthenticated(final Http.Context ctx) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a client authentication cookie (actor cookie) with a specified TTL in days.
+     * Creates a client authentication cookie (actor cookie) with a specified TTL in hours.
      *
      * @param actorUrn the urn of the authenticated actor, e.g. "urn:li:corpuser:datahub"
-     * @param ttlInDays the number of days until the actor cookie expires after being set
+     * @param ttlInHours the number of hours until the actor cookie expires after being set
      */
-    public static Http.Cookie createActorCookie(final String actorUrn, final Integer ttlInDays) {
+    public static Http.Cookie createActorCookie(final String actorUrn, final Integer ttlInHours) {
         return Http.Cookie.builder(ACTOR, actorUrn)
                 .withHttpOnly(false)
-                .withMaxAge(Duration.of(ttlInDays, ChronoUnit.DAYS))
+                .withMaxAge(Duration.of(ttlInHours, ChronoUnit.HOURS))
                 .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/datahub-frontend/app/react/controllers/AuthenticationController.java b/datahub-frontend/app/react/controllers/AuthenticationController.java
index fad3b7a62048d..4a32d7f3bfe94 100644
--- a/datahub-frontend/app/react/controllers/AuthenticationController.java
+++ b/datahub-frontend/app/react/controllers/AuthenticationController.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public Result authenticate() {
         session().put(ACTOR, DEFAULT_ACTOR_URN.toString());
         return redirect("/").withCookies(createActorCookie(DEFAULT_ACTOR_URN.toString(), _configs.hasPath(SESSION_TTL_CONFIG_PATH)
                 ? _configs.getInt(SESSION_TTL_CONFIG_PATH)
-                : DEFAULT_SESSION_TTL_DAYS));
+                : DEFAULT_SESSION_TTL_HOURS));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/datahub-frontend/conf/application.conf b/datahub-frontend/conf/application.conf
index 5e2aaf7d20441..d7d29f97301a8 100644
--- a/datahub-frontend/conf/application.conf
+++ b/datahub-frontend/conf/application.conf
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ auth.jaas.enabled = ${?AUTH_JAAS_ENABLED}
 # auth.jaas.enabled = false
 # auth.oidc.enabled = false # (or simply omit oidc configurations)
 
+# Login session expiration time
+# auth.session.ttlInHours = ${?AUTH_SESSION_TTL_HOURS}
+
+
 analytics.enabled = ${?DATAHUB_ANALYTICS_ENABLED}
 
 # Kafka Producer Configuration