diff --git a/cypress/e2e/po/components/unit-input.po.ts b/cypress/e2e/po/components/unit-input.po.ts
index ad383387f37..d2348e69384 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/po/components/unit-input.po.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/po/components/unit-input.po.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ export default class UnitInputPo extends ComponentPo {
   setValue(value: string): Cypress.Chainable {
     return new LabeledInputPo(this.self().find('input')).set(value);
   }
+
+  clear() {
+    return this.self().clear();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/po/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.po.ts b/cypress/e2e/po/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.po.ts
index 12d14ee5f67..9af81e6cffa 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/po/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.po.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/po/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.po.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import NameNsDescription from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/name-ns-description.p
 import ResourceDetailPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/edit/resource-detail.po';
 import RadioGroupInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/radio-group-input.po';
 import LabeledInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/labeled-input.po';
+import UnitInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/unit-input.po';
 import AsyncButtonPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/async-button.po';
 import CheckboxInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/checkbox-input.po';
 import SelectOrCreateAuthPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/select-or-create-auth.po';
@@ -92,19 +93,19 @@ export default class AppClusterRepoEditPo extends PagePo {
   }
 
   ociMinWait() {
-    return this.self().get('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"]').invoke('val');
+    return this.self().get('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"] input').invoke('val');
   }
 
   enterOciMinWait(value: string) {
-    return new LabeledInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"]').set(value);
+    return new UnitInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"]').setValue(value);
   }
 
   ociMaxWait() {
-    return this.self().get('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"]').invoke('val');
+    return this.self().get('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"] input').invoke('val');
   }
 
   enterOciMaxWait(value: string) {
-    return new LabeledInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"]').set(value);
+    return new UnitInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"]').setValue(value);
   }
 
   ociMaxRetries() {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/po/edit/chart-repositories.po.ts b/cypress/e2e/po/edit/chart-repositories.po.ts
index 955c23ffd1e..09526572a9d 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/po/edit/chart-repositories.po.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/po/edit/chart-repositories.po.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import PagePo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/pages/page.po';
 import LabeledInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/labeled-input.po';
+import UnitInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/unit-input.po';
 import AsyncButtonPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/async-button.po';
 import LabeledSelectPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/labeled-select.po';
 import RadioGroupInputPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/radio-group-input.po';
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ export default class ChartRepositoriesCreateEditPo extends PagePo {
   }
 
   ociMinWaitInput() {
-    return new LabeledInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"]');
+    return new UnitInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"]');
   }
 
   ociMaxWaitInput() {
-    return new LabeledInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"]');
+    return new UnitInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"]');
   }
 
   authentication(): LabeledSelectPo {
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ export default class ChartRepositoriesCreateEditPo extends PagePo {
     return this.authSelectOrCreate('[data-testid="clusterrepo-auth-secret"]');
   }
 
+  refreshIntervalInput() {
+    return new UnitInputPo('[data-testid="clusterrepo-refresh-interval"]');
+  }
+
   saveAndWaitForRequests(method: string, url: string) {
     cy.intercept(method, url).as('request');
     this.saveCreateForm().click();
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/manager/repositories.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/manager/repositories.spec.ts
index 5ef408325aa..e6b8d7b91c9 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/manager/repositories.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/manager/repositories.spec.ts
@@ -207,17 +207,18 @@ describe('Cluster Management Helm Repositories', { testIsolation: 'off', tags: [
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().waitForPage();
     const ociUrl = 'oci://test.rancher.io/charts/mychart';
     const ociMinWait = '2';
-    const expectedOciMinWaitInPayload = 2;
     const ociMaxWait = '7';
+    const refreshInterval = '12';
 
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().nameNsDescription().name().set(this.repoName);
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().nameNsDescription().description().set(`${ this.repoName }-description`);
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().repoRadioBtn().set(2);
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().ociUrl().set(ociUrl);
+    repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().refreshIntervalInput().setValue(refreshInterval);
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().clusterRepoAuthSelectOrCreate().createBasicAuth('test', 'test');
-    repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().ociMinWaitInput().set(ociMinWait);
+    repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().ociMinWaitInput().setValue(ociMinWait);
     // setting a value and removing it so in the intercept we test that the key(e.g. maxWait) is not included in the request
-    repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().ociMaxWaitInput().set(ociMaxWait);
+    repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().ociMaxWaitInput().setValue(ociMaxWait);
     repositoriesPage.createEditRepositories().ociMaxWaitInput().clear();
 
     cy.intercept('POST', '/v1/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepos').as('createRepository');
@@ -227,10 +228,12 @@ describe('Cluster Management Helm Repositories', { testIsolation: 'off', tags: [
     cy.wait('@createRepository', { requestTimeout: 10000 }).then((req) => {
       expect(req.response?.statusCode).to.equal(201);
       expect(req.request?.body?.spec.url).to.equal(ociUrl);
-      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.exponentialBackOffValues.minWait).to.equal(expectedOciMinWaitInPayload);
+      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.exponentialBackOffValues.minWait).to.equal(Number(ociMinWait));
       expect(req.request?.body?.spec.exponentialBackOffValues.maxWait).to.equal(undefined);
       // insecurePlainHttp should always be included in the payload for oci repo creation
       expect(req.request?.body?.spec.insecurePlainHttp).to.equal(false);
+      // check refreshInterval
+      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.refreshInterval).to.equal(Number(refreshInterval));
     });
 
     repositoriesPage.waitForPage();
diff --git a/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml b/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
index 69983df09da..15bdebfda0d 100644
--- a/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
+++ b/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
@@ -1079,14 +1079,17 @@ catalog:
       exponentialBackOff:
         label: Exponential Back Off
         minWait:
-          label: Min Wait Time (in Seconds)
-          placeholder: 1 (default)
+          label: Min Wait Time
+          placeholder: 'default: 1'
         maxWait:
-          label: Max Wait Time (in Seconds)
-          placeholder: 5 (default)
+          label: Max Wait Time
+          placeholder: 'default: 5'
         maxRetries:
           label: Max Number of Retries
-          placeholder: 5 (default)
+          placeholder: 'default: 5'
+    refreshInterval:
+      label: Refresh Interval
+      placeholder: 'default: {hours}'
   tools:
     header: Cluster Tools
     noTools: "No Cluster Tools found"
diff --git a/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue b/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue
index e24fc79cfd8..cfab9254144 100644
--- a/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.vue
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import SelectOrCreateAuthSecret from '@shell/components/form/SelectOrCreateAuthS
 import InfoBox from '@shell/components/InfoBox';
 import { Checkbox } from '@components/Form/Checkbox';
 import { MANAGEMENT, NAMESPACE, CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES } from '@shell/config/types';
+import UnitInput from '@shell/components/form/UnitInput.vue';
 
 export default {
   name: 'CruCatalogRepo',
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ export default {
     Labels,
     SelectOrCreateAuthSecret,
     InfoBox,
-    Checkbox
+    Checkbox,
+    UnitInput
   },
 
   mixins: [CreateEditView],
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export default {
         this.value.spec['exponentialBackOffValues'] = {};
       }
       // when user removes the value we remove the key too, backend will set the default value
-      if (newVal === '') {
+      if (newVal === '' || newVal === null) {
         delete this.value.spec.exponentialBackOffValues[key];
 
         return;
@@ -91,15 +93,27 @@ export default {
 
       this.value.spec.exponentialBackOffValues[key] = Number(newVal);
     },
+    updateRefreshInterval(newVal) {
+      // when user removes the value we don't send refreshInterval along with the payload
+      if (newVal === null) {
+        delete this.value.spec.refreshInterval;
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.value.spec.refreshInterval = newVal;
+    },
     resetGitRepoValues() {
       delete this.value.spec['gitRepo'];
       delete this.value.spec['gitBranch'];
+      delete this.value.spec['refreshInterval'];
     },
     resetOciValues() {
       delete this.value.spec['url'];
       delete this.value.spec['insecurePlainHttp'];
       delete this.value.spec['insecureSkipTLSVerify'];
       delete this.value.spec['caBundle'];
+      delete this.value.spec['refreshInterval'];
       delete this.value.spec['exponentialBackOffValues'];
       this.ociMinWait = undefined;
       this.ociMaxWait = undefined;
@@ -139,55 +153,80 @@ export default {
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div
-      v-if="clusterRepoType === CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES.GIT_REPO"
-      class="row mb-10"
+    <InfoBox
+      v-if="clusterRepoType === CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES.OCI_URL"
+      class="p-10"
     >
-      <div class="col span-6">
+      {{ t('catalog.repo.oci.info', null, true) }}
+    </InfoBox>
+
+    <div class="row mb-10">
+      <template v-if="clusterRepoType === CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES.GIT_REPO">
+        <div class="col span-6">
+          <LabeledInput
+            v-model:value.trim="value.spec.gitRepo"
+            :required="true"
+            :label="t('catalog.repo.gitRepo.label')"
+            :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.gitRepo.placeholder', null, true)"
+            :mode="mode"
+            data-testid="clusterrepo-git-repo-input"
+          />
+        </div>
+        <div class="col span-3">
+          <LabeledInput
+            v-model:value.trim="value.spec.gitBranch"
+            :sub-label="!value.spec.gitBranch ? t('catalog.repo.gitBranch.defaultMessage', null, true) : undefined"
+            :label="t('catalog.repo.gitBranch.label')"
+            :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.gitBranch.placeholder', null, true)"
+            :mode="mode"
+            data-testid="clusterrepo-git-branch-input"
+          />
+        </div>
+      </template>
+
+      <template v-else-if="clusterRepoType === CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES.OCI_URL">
+        <div class="col span-6">
+          <LabeledInput
+            v-model:value.trim="value.spec.url"
+            :required="true"
+            :label="t('catalog.repo.oci.urlLabel')"
+            :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.oci.placeholder', null, true)"
+            :mode="mode"
+            data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-url-input"
+          />
+        </div>
+      </template>
+
+      <div
+        v-else
+        class="col span-6"
+      >
         <LabeledInput
-          v-model:value.trim="value.spec.gitRepo"
+          v-model:value.trim="value.spec.url"
           :required="true"
-          :label="t('catalog.repo.gitRepo.label')"
-          :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.gitRepo.placeholder', null, true)"
+          :label="t('catalog.repo.url.label')"
+          :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.url.placeholder', null, true)"
           :mode="mode"
-          data-testid="clusterrepo-git-repo-input"
+          data-testid="clusterrepo-helm-url-input"
         />
       </div>
-      <div class="col span-6">
-        <LabeledInput
-          v-model:value.trim="value.spec.gitBranch"
-          :sub-label="!value.spec.gitBranch ? t('catalog.repo.gitBranch.defaultMessage', null, true) : undefined"
-          :label="t('catalog.repo.gitBranch.label')"
-          :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.gitBranch.placeholder', null, true)"
+
+      <div
+        class="col span-3"
+        data-testid="clusterrepo-refresh-interval"
+      >
+        <UnitInput
+          v-model:value.trim="value.spec.refreshInterval"
+          :label="t('catalog.repo.refreshInterval.label')"
           :mode="mode"
-          data-testid="clusterrepo-git-branch-input"
+          min="0"
+          :suffix="t('unit.hour', { count: value.spec.refreshInterval })"
+          :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.refreshInterval.placeholder', { hours: clusterRepoType === CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES.OCI_URL ? 24 : 6 })"
+          @update:value="updateRefreshInterval($event)"
         />
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div v-else-if="clusterRepoType === CLUSTER_REPO_TYPES.OCI_URL">
-      <InfoBox class="p-10">
-        {{ t('catalog.repo.oci.info', null, true) }}
-      </InfoBox>
-      <LabeledInput
-        v-model:value.trim="value.spec.url"
-        :required="true"
-        :label="t('catalog.repo.oci.urlLabel')"
-        :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.oci.placeholder', null, true)"
-        :mode="mode"
-        data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-url-input"
-      />
-    </div>
-
-    <LabeledInput
-      v-else
-      v-model:value.trim="value.spec.url"
-      :required="true"
-      :label="t('catalog.repo.url.label')"
-      :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.url.placeholder', null, true)"
-      :mode="mode"
-      data-testid="clusterrepo-helm-url-input"
-    />
     <SelectOrCreateAuthSecret
       v-model:value="value.spec.clientSecret"
       :mode="mode"
@@ -231,28 +270,32 @@ export default {
       <h4 class="mb-10 mt-20">
         {{ t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.label') }}
       </h4>
-      <div class="row mb-10 mt-10">
-        <div class="col span-4">
-          <LabeledInput
+      <div class="row mb-40 mt-10">
+        <div
+          class="col span-4"
+          data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"
+        >
+          <UnitInput
             v-model:value.trim="ociMinWait"
             :label="t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.minWait.label')"
-            :placeholder="!ociMinWait ? t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.minWait.placeholder') : undefined"
+            :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.minWait.placeholder')"
             :mode="mode"
-            type="number"
             min="1"
-            data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-min-wait-input"
+            :suffix="t('suffix.seconds', { count: ociMinWait })"
             @update:value="updateExponentialBackOffValues('minWait', $event)"
           />
         </div>
-        <div class="col span-4">
-          <LabeledInput
+        <div
+          class="col span-4"
+          data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"
+        >
+          <UnitInput
             v-model:value.trim="ociMaxWait"
             :label="t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.maxWait.label')"
-            :placeholder="!ociMaxWait ? t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.maxWait.placeholder') : undefined"
+            :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.maxWait.placeholder')"
             :mode="mode"
-            type="number"
             min="1"
-            data-testid="clusterrepo-oci-max-wait-input"
+            :suffix="t('suffix.seconds', { count: ociMaxWait })"
             @update:value="updateExponentialBackOffValues('maxWait', $event)"
           />
         </div>
@@ -260,7 +303,7 @@ export default {
           <LabeledInput
             v-model:value.trim="ociMaxRetries"
             :label="t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.maxRetries.label')"
-            :placeholder="!ociMaxRetries ? t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.maxRetries.placeholder') : undefined"
+            :placeholder="t('catalog.repo.oci.exponentialBackOff.maxRetries.placeholder')"
             :mode="mode"
             type="number"
             min="0"