diff --git a/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.test.tsx b/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.test.tsx
index 638181b12..25fcda5bb 100644
--- a/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import TextColumnFilter, {
   usePrincipalExperimenterFilter,
   useTextFilter,
+  DEBOUNCE_DELAY,
 } from './textColumnFilter.component';
 import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { usePushFilter, usePushFilters } from '../../api';
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 jest.mock('../../api');
 jest.useFakeTimers('modern');
-const DEBOUNCE_DELAY = 250;
 
 describe('Text filter component', () => {
   let user: UserEvent;
diff --git a/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.tsx b/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.tsx
index 672ad6c75..ef931afd8 100644
--- a/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/datagateway-common/src/table/columnFilters/textColumnFilter.component.tsx
@@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ const TextColumnFilter = (props: {
     propValue ? propValue : ''
   );
   const [type, setType] = React.useState(propType ? propType : 'include');
-
-  // Debounce the updating of the column filter by 250 milliseconds.
+  // Debounce the updating of the column filter by 500 milliseconds.
   const updateValue = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       debounce((value: string) => {
         onChange(value === '' ? null : { value: value, type: type });
-      }, 250),
+      }, DEBOUNCE_DELAY),
     [onChange, type]
   );
 
@@ -129,6 +128,8 @@ const TextColumnFilter = (props: {
   );
 };
 
+export const DEBOUNCE_DELAY = 500;
+
 export default TextColumnFilter;
 
 export const useTextFilter = (