diff --git a/draftlogs/8014_change.md b/draftlogs/8014_change.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f8544772d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/8014_change.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Increase default double-click delay threshold to 500ms (from 300) [[#8014](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/8014)]
diff --git a/src/plot_api/plot_config.js b/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
index 7eacbff31e3..abbb689b673 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ var configAttributes = {
     },
     doubleClickDelay: {
         valType: 'number',
-        dflt: 300,
+        dflt: 500,
         min: 0,
         description: [
             'Sets the delay for registering a double-click in ms.',
diff --git a/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts b/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts
index e7db128dd25..f1d8a0d0f72 100644
--- a/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts
@@ -16573,7 +16573,7 @@ export interface ConfigBase {
     doubleClick?: false | 'reset' | 'autosize' | 'reset+autosize';
     /**
      * Sets the delay for registering a double-click in ms. This is the time interval (in ms) between first mousedown and 2nd mouseup to constitute a double-click. This setting propagates to all on-subplot double clicks (except for geo and map) and on-legend double clicks.
-     * @default 300
+     * @default 500
      * Minimum: 0
      */
     doubleClickDelay?: number;
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js
index 350c64feca1..9f1252e74cc 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('dragElement', function() {
             _hoverlayer: d3Select(this.hoverlayer)
         };
         this.gd._context = {
-            doubleClickDelay: 300
+            doubleClickDelay: 500
         };
         this.element.innerHTML = 'drag element';
 
diff --git a/test/plot-schema.json b/test/plot-schema.json
index 66c0bd82c0e..9988325f9ab 100644
--- a/test/plot-schema.json
+++ b/test/plot-schema.json
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     },
     "doubleClickDelay": {
       "description": "Sets the delay for registering a double-click in ms. This is the time interval (in ms) between first mousedown and 2nd mouseup to constitute a double-click. This setting propagates to all on-subplot double clicks (except for geo and map) and on-legend double clicks.",
-      "dflt": 300,
+      "dflt": 500,
       "min": 0,
       "valType": "number"
     },