diff --git a/deployment/terraform/strings.go b/deployment/terraform/strings.go
index c242ed8c6..2919d83e9 100644
--- a/deployment/terraform/strings.go
+++ b/deployment/terraform/strings.go
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ proxy_pass http://backend;
 const nginxCacheCommonConfig = `
 proxy_cache mattermost_cache;
 proxy_cache_revalidate on;
-proxy_cache_min_uses 2;
+proxy_cache_min_uses 1;
 proxy_cache_use_stale timeout;
 proxy_cache_lock on;
+proxy_cache_lock_timeout 2s;
 `
 
 const nginxSiteConfigTmpl = `