diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index fd47a48a31..e4ec8d934f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Changelog
  * Revise tests to ensure all pass in Django 3.0 (Matt Westcott)
  * Add ability for users to change their own name via the account settings page (Kevin Howbrook)
  * Add ability to insert telephone numbers as links in Draftail (rich text) fields (Mikael Engström and Liam Brenner)
+ * Increase delay before search in the snippet chooser, to prevent redundant search request round trips (Robert Rollins)
  * Fix: Added line breaks to long filenames on multiple image / document uploader (Kevin Howbrook)
  * Fix: Added https support for Scribd oEmbed provider (Rodrigo)
  * Fix: Changed StreamField group labels color so labels are visible (Catherine Farman)
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.7.rst b/docs/releases/2.7.rst
index 13c6189e4c..c2991cb217 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.7.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Other features
  * Revise tests to ensure all pass in Django 3.0 (Matt Westcott)
  * Add ability for users to change their own name via the account settings page (Kevin Howbrook)
  * Add ability to insert telephone numbers as links in Draftail (rich text) fields (Mikael Engström and Liam Brenner)
-
+ * Increase delay before search in the snippet chooser, to prevent redundant search request round trips (Robert Rollins)
 
 
 Bug fixes
diff --git a/wagtail/snippets/static_src/wagtailsnippets/js/snippet-chooser-modal.js b/wagtail/snippets/static_src/wagtailsnippets/js/snippet-chooser-modal.js
index e4f6e811be..9e6828f0b3 100644
--- a/wagtail/snippets/static_src/wagtailsnippets/js/snippet-chooser-modal.js
+++ b/wagtail/snippets/static_src/wagtailsnippets/js/snippet-chooser-modal.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SNIPPET_CHOOSER_MODAL_ONLOAD_HANDLERS = {
 
         $('#id_q').on('input', function() {
             clearTimeout($.data(this, 'timer'));
-            var wait = setTimeout(search, 50);
+            var wait = setTimeout(search, 200);
             $(this).data('timer', wait);
         });