diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dac90bf15f3..48962fc0709 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fix `BatchLogRecordProcessor` default `schedule_delay_millis` from 5000ms to 1000ms to comply with the OTel specification. Note: logs will be exported 5x more frequently by default (e.g. for users who don't explicitly set the `OTEL_BLRP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` env var).
+  ([#4991](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/4991))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: Add file configuration support with YAML/JSON loading, environment variable substitution, and schema validation against the vendored OTel config JSON schema
   ([#4898](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4898))
 - Fix intermittent CI failures in `getting-started` and `tracecontext` jobs caused by GitHub git CDN SHA propagation lag by installing contrib packages from the already-checked-out local copy instead of a second git clone
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
index 52ce2d6e6ff..1f8015e52f3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 
-_DEFAULT_SCHEDULE_DELAY_MILLIS = 5000
+_DEFAULT_SCHEDULE_DELAY_MILLIS = 1000
 _DEFAULT_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE = 512
 _DEFAULT_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 30000
 _DEFAULT_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE = 2048
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/environment_variables/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/environment_variables/__init__.py
index f049415a15b..7e143dd3bb6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/environment_variables/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/environment_variables/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 .. envvar:: OTEL_BLRP_SCHEDULE_DELAY
 
 The :envvar:`OTEL_BLRP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` represents the delay interval between two consecutive exports of the BatchLogRecordProcessor.
-Default: 5000
+Default: 1000
 """
 
 OTEL_BLRP_EXPORT_TIMEOUT = "OTEL_BLRP_EXPORT_TIMEOUT"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_export.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_export.py
index 12909b2e225..0156b01fea0 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_export.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_export.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def test_args_defaults(self):
             log_record_processor._batch_processor._max_queue_size, 2048
         )
         self.assertEqual(
-            log_record_processor._batch_processor._schedule_delay, 5
+            log_record_processor._batch_processor._schedule_delay, 1
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             log_record_processor._batch_processor._max_export_batch_size, 512
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def test_args_env_var_value_error(self):
             log_record_processor._batch_processor._max_queue_size, 2048
         )
         self.assertEqual(
-            log_record_processor._batch_processor._schedule_delay, 5
+            log_record_processor._batch_processor._schedule_delay, 1
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             log_record_processor._batch_processor._max_export_batch_size, 512
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def test_args_none_defaults(self):
             log_record_processor._batch_processor._max_queue_size, 2048
         )
         self.assertEqual(
-            log_record_processor._batch_processor._schedule_delay, 5
+            log_record_processor._batch_processor._schedule_delay, 1
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             log_record_processor._batch_processor._max_export_batch_size, 512