diff --git a/packages/txm/lib/BlockMonitor.ts b/packages/txm/lib/BlockMonitor.ts
index eccbe8f23a..15e0061d6e 100644
--- a/packages/txm/lib/BlockMonitor.ts
+++ b/packages/txm/lib/BlockMonitor.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export class BlockMonitor {
 
         this.txmgr.viemClient.watchBlocks({
             onBlock: this.onNewBlock.bind(this),
+            ...(this.txmgr.transportProtocol === "http"
+                ? {
+                      pollingInterval: this.txmgr.pollingInterval,
+                  }
+                : {}),
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/txm/lib/TransactionManager.ts b/packages/txm/lib/TransactionManager.ts
index 1f70d69adb..9ebb39cfca 100644
--- a/packages/txm/lib/TransactionManager.ts
+++ b/packages/txm/lib/TransactionManager.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ export type TransactionManagerConfig = {
          * Defaults to false.
          */
         allowDebug?: boolean
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the polling interval in milliseconds.
+         * Defaults to 1/2 of the block time.
+         */
+        pollingInterval?: number
     }
     /** The private key of the account used for signing transactions. */
     privateKey: Hex
@@ -159,6 +165,8 @@ export class TransactionManager {
     public readonly rpcAllowDebug: boolean
     public readonly blockTime: bigint
     public readonly finalizedTransactionPurgeTime: number
+    public readonly pollingInterval: number
+    public readonly transportProtocol: "http" | "websocket"
 
     public started: boolean
 
@@ -171,12 +179,14 @@ export class TransactionManager {
             throw protocol.error
         }
 
+        this.transportProtocol = protocol.value
+
         const retries = _config.rpc.retries || 2
         const retryDelay = _config.rpc.retryDelay || 50
         const timeout = _config.rpc.timeout || 500
 
         let transport: ViemTransport
-        if (protocol.value === "http") {
+        if (this.transportProtocol === "http") {
             transport = viemHttpTransport(_config.rpc.url, {
                 timeout,
                 retryCount: retries,
@@ -250,6 +260,8 @@ export class TransactionManager {
         this.blockTime = _config.blockTime || 2n
         this.finalizedTransactionPurgeTime = _config.finalizedTransactionPurgeTime || 2 * 60 * 1000
 
+        this.pollingInterval = _config.rpc.pollingInterval || (Number(this.blockTime) * 1000) / 2
+
         this.started = false
     }