diff --git a/hack/tool/tackle b/hack/tool/tackle
index bfa2362ab..1f0fce0d3 100755
--- a/hack/tool/tackle
+++ b/hack/tool/tackle
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 
 EXPORT_MANIFEST_FILENAME = "_manifest"
 KNOWN_CRYPT_STRING = "tackle-cli-known-string-plaintext"
+TOKEN_REFRESH_SECONDS = 240 # 4 minutes to refresh auth token
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ class TackleTool:
         self.Url   = tackle2Url
         # Gather Keycloak access token for Tackle
         self.Token =  getHubToken(tackle2Url, c['username'], c['password'], tackle2Token)
-        self.TokenRenewAfter = int(time.time()) + 4*60 # 4 minutes to refresh token
+        self.TokenRenewAfter = int(time.time()) + TOKEN_REFRESH_SECONDS
 
         self.encKeyVerified = False
         if encKey != "":
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class TackleTool:
     def checkTokenLifetime(self):
         if self.TokenRenewAfter < int(time.time()):
              self.Token =  getHubToken(self.Url, c['username'], c['password'], False)
-             self.TokenRenewAfter = int(time.time()) + 4*60 # 4 minutes to refresh token
+             self.TokenRenewAfter = int(time.time()) + TOKEN_REFRESH_SECONDS
 
     def apiJSON(self, url, data=None, method='GET', ignoreErrors=False):
         debugPrint("Querying: %s" % url)