diff --git a/components/raftstore/src/store/config.rs b/components/raftstore/src/store/config.rs
index 311936d6e7f..b9befedc04f 100644
--- a/components/raftstore/src/store/config.rs
+++ b/components/raftstore/src/store/config.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[online_config(skip)]
-    pub region_worker_tick_interval: u64,
+    pub region_worker_tick_interval: ReadableDuration,
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[online_config(skip)]
@@ -354,8 +354,12 @@ impl Default for Config {
             leader_transfer_max_log_lag: 128,
             snap_apply_batch_size: ReadableSize::mb(10),
             snap_handle_pool_size: 2,
-            region_worker_tick_interval: PENDING_APPLY_CHECK_INTERVAL,
-            clean_stale_tick_max: STALE_PEER_CHECK_TICK,
+            region_worker_tick_interval: if cfg!(feature = "test") {
+                ReadableDuration::millis(200)
+            } else {
+                ReadableDuration::millis(1000)
+            },
+            clean_stale_tick_max: if cfg!(feature = "test") { 1 } else { 10 },
             lock_cf_compact_interval: ReadableDuration::minutes(10),
             lock_cf_compact_bytes_threshold: ReadableSize::mb(256),
             // Disable consistency check by default as it will hurt performance.
diff --git a/components/raftstore/src/store/fsm/store.rs b/components/raftstore/src/store/fsm/store.rs
index 0d6b42106f0..a88332a429f 100644
--- a/components/raftstore/src/store/fsm/store.rs
+++ b/components/raftstore/src/store/fsm/store.rs
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ impl<EK: KvEngine, ER: RaftEngine> RaftBatchSystem<EK, ER> {
             engines.kv.clone(),
             mgr.clone(),
             cfg.value().snap_apply_batch_size.0 as usize,
-            cfg.value().region_worker_tick_interval,
+            cfg.value().region_worker_tick_interval.as_millis(),
             cfg.value().clean_stale_tick_max,
             cfg.value().use_delete_range,
             cfg.value().snap_generator_pool_size,