diff --git a/examples/neb/in.neb.hop1 b/examples/neb/in.neb.hop1
index cb050e6973..a5dea35721 100644
--- a/examples/neb/in.neb.hop1
+++ b/examples/neb/in.neb.hop1
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ group		lower region 1
 group		mobile subtract all lower
 set		group lower type 2
 
-timestep	0.005
+timestep	0.05
 
 # group of NEB atoms - either block or single atom ID 412
 
diff --git a/examples/neb/in.neb.hop2 b/examples/neb/in.neb.hop2
index e161dfeda3..1ce1f6f82d 100644
--- a/examples/neb/in.neb.hop2
+++ b/examples/neb/in.neb.hop2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ group		lower region 1
 group		mobile subtract all lower
 set		group lower type 2
 
-timestep	0.005
+timestep	0.05
 
 # group of NEB atoms - either block or single atom ID 421