diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54ad038d36..d7ef19ad23 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 may be exported 5x more frequently by default (e.g. for users who don't explicitly set the `OTEL_BLRP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` env var).
+  ([#4998](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4998))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: Add `process` resource detector support to declarative file configuration via `detection_development.detectors[].process`
   ([#5001](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/5001))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: Add shared `_parse_headers` helper for declarative config OTLP exporters
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 76889d881f..1c0f82ac05 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     OtelComponentTypeValues,
 )
 
-_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 edf91da3a6..4795e641e5 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 a9dcd3a61d..c36eeccfdc 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_export.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_export.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ 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
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ 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
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ 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