diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/preprocess_test.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/preprocess_test.go
index 1c35794658d49..56879a3455f26 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/preprocess_test.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/preprocess_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ func Test_preprocessor_preProcessGraph(t *testing.T) {
 			}})
 
 			gotStages := pre.preProcessGraph(test.input, nil)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStages, gotStages, cmp.AllowUnexported(stage{}, link{}), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStages, gotStages,
+				cmp.AllowUnexported(stage{}, link{}),
+				cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
+				cmpopts.IgnoreFields(stage{}, "baseProgTick"),
+			); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("preProcessGraph(%q) stages diff (-want,+got)\n%v", test.name, diff)
 			}
 
diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/stage.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/stage.go
index da23ca8ccce1e..7c55f6d9a23f7 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/stage.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/stage.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/mtime"
@@ -76,9 +77,32 @@ type stage struct {
 
 	SinkToPCollection map[string]string
 	OutputsToCoders   map[string]engine.PColInfo
+
+	// Stage specific progress and splitting interval.
+	baseProgTick atomic.Value // time.Duration
+}
+
+// The minimum and maximum durations between each ProgressBundleRequest and split evaluation.
+const (
+	minimumProgTick = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	maximumProgTick = 30 * time.Second
+)
+
+func clampTick(dur time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	switch {
+	case dur < minimumProgTick:
+		return minimumProgTick
+	case dur > maximumProgTick:
+		return maximumProgTick
+	default:
+		return dur
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *stage) Execute(ctx context.Context, j *jobservices.Job, wk *worker.W, comps *pipepb.Components, em *engine.ElementManager, rb engine.RunBundle) (err error) {
+	if s.baseProgTick.Load() == nil {
+		s.baseProgTick.Store(minimumProgTick)
+	}
 	defer func() {
 		// Convert execution panics to errors to fail the bundle.
 		if e := recover(); e != nil {
@@ -142,7 +166,9 @@ func (s *stage) Execute(ctx context.Context, j *jobservices.Job, wk *worker.W, c
 	previousTotalCount := int64(-2) // Total count of all pcollection elements.
 
 	unsplit := true
-	progTick := time.NewTicker(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	baseTick := s.baseProgTick.Load().(time.Duration)
+	ticked := false
+	progTick := time.NewTicker(baseTick)
 	defer progTick.Stop()
 	var dataFinished, bundleFinished bool
 	// If we have no data outputs, we still need to have progress & splits
@@ -170,6 +196,7 @@ progress:
 				break progress // exit progress loop on close.
 			}
 		case <-progTick.C:
+			ticked = true
 			resp, err := b.Progress(ctx, wk)
 			if err != nil {
 				slog.Debug("SDK Error from progress, aborting progress", "bundle", rb, "error", err.Error())
@@ -196,6 +223,7 @@ progress:
 					unsplit = false
 					continue progress
 				}
+
 				// TODO sort out rescheduling primary Roots on bundle failure.
 				var residuals []engine.Residual
 				for _, rr := range sr.GetResidualRoots() {
@@ -220,12 +248,28 @@ progress:
 						Data: residuals,
 					})
 				}
+
+				// Any split means we're processing slower than desired, but splitting should increase
+				// throughput. Back off for this and other bundles for this stage
+				baseTime := s.baseProgTick.Load().(time.Duration)
+				newTime := clampTick(baseTime * 4)
+				if s.baseProgTick.CompareAndSwap(baseTime, newTime) {
+					progTick.Reset(newTime)
+				} else {
+					progTick.Reset(s.baseProgTick.Load().(time.Duration))
+				}
 			} else {
 				previousIndex = index["index"]
 				previousTotalCount = index["totalCount"]
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	// If we never received any progress ticks, we may have too long a time, shrink it for new runs instead.
+	if !ticked {
+		newTick := clampTick(baseTick / 2)
+		// If it's otherwise unchanged, apply the new duration.
+		s.baseProgTick.CompareAndSwap(baseTick, newTick)
+	}
 	// Tentative Data is ready, commit it to the main datastore.
 	slog.Debug("Execute: committing data", "bundle", rb, slog.Any("outputsWithData", maps.Keys(b.OutputData.Raw)), slog.Any("outputs", maps.Keys(s.OutputsToCoders)))