diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e79e6cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5383
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Enhancement: Reduce progress bar refresh rates to reduce energy usage
+
+Progress bars were updated with 60fps which can cause high CPU or GPU usage
+for some terminal emulators. Reduce it to 10fps to conserve energy.
+In addition, this lower frequency seem to be necessary to allow selecting
+anything in the terminal with certain terminal emulators.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5383
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5551
diff --git a/internal/ui/progress.go b/internal/ui/progress.go
index b3a3226e9..12388f844 100644
--- a/internal/ui/progress.go
+++ b/internal/ui/progress.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // or if unset returns an interval for 60fps on interactive terminals and 0 (=disabled)
 // for non-interactive terminals or when run using the --quiet flag
 func CalculateProgressInterval(show bool, json bool, canUpdateStatus bool) time.Duration {
-	interval := time.Second / 60
+	interval := time.Second / 10
 	fps, err := strconv.ParseFloat(os.Getenv("RESTIC_PROGRESS_FPS"), 64)
 	if err == nil && fps > 0 {
 		if fps > 60 {