diff --git a/cloud/aws/alb/README.md b/cloud/aws/alb/README.md
index 0fc721d..c5428f7 100644
--- a/cloud/aws/alb/README.md
+++ b/cloud/aws/alb/README.md
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ Creates DataDog monitors with the following checks:
 | latency\_enabled | Flag to enable ALB latency monitor | string | `"true"` | no |
 | latency\_extra\_tags | Extra tags for ALB latency monitor | list(string) | `[]` | no |
 | latency\_message | Custom message for ALB latency monitor | string | `""` | no |
-| latency\_threshold\_critical | latency critical threshold in milliseconds | string | `"1000"` | no |
-| latency\_threshold\_warning | latency warning threshold in milliseconds | string | `"500"` | no |
+| latency\_threshold\_critical | latency critical threshold in seconds | string | `"3"` | no |
+| latency\_threshold\_warning | latency warning threshold in seconds | string | `"1"` | no |
 | latency\_time\_aggregator | Monitor aggregator for ALB latency [available values: min, max or avg] | string | `"min"` | no |
 | latency\_timeframe | Monitor timeframe for ALB latency [available values: `last_#m` (1, 5, 10, 15, or 30), `last_#h` (1, 2, or 4), or `last_1d`] | string | `"last_5m"` | no |
 | message | Message sent when a monitor is triggered | string | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/cloud/aws/alb/inputs.tf b/cloud/aws/alb/inputs.tf
index 3ad4e95..0c1c101 100644
--- a/cloud/aws/alb/inputs.tf
+++ b/cloud/aws/alb/inputs.tf
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ variable "latency_timeframe" {
 }
 
 variable "latency_threshold_critical" {
-  default     = 1000
-  description = "latency critical threshold in milliseconds"
+  default     = 3
+  description = "latency critical threshold in seconds"
 }
 
 variable "latency_threshold_warning" {
-  default     = 500
-  description = "latency warning threshold in milliseconds"
+  default     = 1
+  description = "latency warning threshold in seconds"
 }
 
 variable "httpcode_alb_4xx_enabled" {
diff --git a/cloud/aws/apigateway/README.md b/cloud/aws/apigateway/README.md
index 9da0102..c6d6734 100644
--- a/cloud/aws/apigateway/README.md
+++ b/cloud/aws/apigateway/README.md
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Creates DataDog monitors with the following checks:
 | latency\_enabled | Flag to enable API Gateway latency monitor | string | `"true"` | no |
 | latency\_extra\_tags | Extra tags for API Gateway latency monitor | list(string) | `[]` | no |
 | latency\_message | Custom message for API Gateway latency monitor | string | `""` | no |
-| latency\_threshold\_critical | Alerting threshold in milliseconds | string | `"800"` | no |
-| latency\_threshold\_warning | Warning threshold in milliseconds | string | `"400"` | no |
+| latency\_threshold\_critical | Alerting threshold in milliseconds | string | `"3000"` | no |
+| latency\_threshold\_warning | Warning threshold in milliseconds | string | `"1000"` | no |
 | latency\_time\_aggregator | Monitor aggregator for API Gateway latency [available values: min, max or avg] | string | `"min"` | no |
 | latency\_timeframe | Monitor timeframe for API latency [available values: `last_#m` (1, 5, 10, 15, or 30), `last_#h` (1, 2, or 4), or `last_1d`] | string | `"last_5m"` | no |
 | message | Message sent when a monitor is triggered | string | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/cloud/aws/apigateway/inputs.tf b/cloud/aws/apigateway/inputs.tf
index 9158d78..52723f3 100644
--- a/cloud/aws/apigateway/inputs.tf
+++ b/cloud/aws/apigateway/inputs.tf
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ variable "latency_timeframe" {
 }
 
 variable "latency_threshold_critical" {
-  default     = 800
+  default     = 3000
   description = "Alerting threshold in milliseconds"
 }
 
 variable "latency_threshold_warning" {
-  default     = 400
+  default     = 1000
   description = "Warning threshold in milliseconds"
 }
 
diff --git a/cloud/aws/elb/README.md b/cloud/aws/elb/README.md
index 430ae50..ad8cf76 100644
--- a/cloud/aws/elb/README.md
+++ b/cloud/aws/elb/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Creates DataDog monitors with the following checks:
 | elb\_backend\_5xx\_threshold\_critical | loadbalancer backend 5xx critical threshold in percentage | string | `"10"` | no |
 | elb\_backend\_5xx\_threshold\_warning | loadbalancer backend 5xx warning threshold in percentage | string | `"5"` | no |
 | elb\_backend\_5xx\_timeframe | Monitor timeframe for ELB backend 5xx errors [available values: `last_#m` (1, 5, 10, 15, or 30), `last_#h` (1, 2, or 4), or `last_1d`] | string | `"last_5m"` | no |
-| elb\_backend\_latency\_critical | latency critical threshold in seconds | string | `"5"` | no |
+| elb\_backend\_latency\_critical | latency critical threshold in seconds | string | `"3"` | no |
 | elb\_backend\_latency\_enabled | Flag to enable ELB backend latency monitor | string | `"true"` | no |
 | elb\_backend\_latency\_extra\_tags | Extra tags for ELB backend latency monitor | list(string) | `[]` | no |
 | elb\_backend\_latency\_message | Custom message for ELB backend latency monitor | string | `""` | no |
diff --git a/cloud/aws/elb/inputs.tf b/cloud/aws/elb/inputs.tf
index 014fdc5..eaf78fb 100644
--- a/cloud/aws/elb/inputs.tf
+++ b/cloud/aws/elb/inputs.tf
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ variable "elb_backend_latency_warning" {
 
 variable "elb_backend_latency_critical" {
   description = "latency critical threshold in seconds"
-  default     = 5
+  default     = 3
 }
 
 variable "artificial_requests_count" {