diff --git a/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/getWorkflowReminders.ts b/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/getWorkflowReminders.ts
index a5cf438c4b..e70904d5be 100644
--- a/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/getWorkflowReminders.ts
+++ b/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/getWorkflowReminders.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export async function getAllUnscheduledReminders(): Promise<PartialWorkflowRemin
     method: WorkflowMethods.EMAIL,
     scheduled: false,
     scheduledDate: {
-      lte: dayjs().add(72, "hour").toISOString(),
+      lte: dayjs().add(2, "hour").toISOString(),
     },
     OR: [{ cancelled: false }, { cancelled: null }],
   };
diff --git a/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/reminders/emailReminderManager.ts b/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/reminders/emailReminderManager.ts
index 4096308b71..5819b3e0ae 100644
--- a/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/reminders/emailReminderManager.ts
+++ b/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/reminders/emailReminderManager.ts
@@ -286,9 +286,10 @@ export const scheduleEmailReminder = async (args: scheduleEmailReminderArgs) =>
   ) {
     // Sendgrid to schedule emails
     // Can only schedule at least 60 minutes and at most 72 hours in advance
+    // To limit the amount of canceled sends we schedule at most 2 hours in advance
     if (
       currentDate.isBefore(scheduledDate.subtract(1, "hour")) &&
-      !scheduledDate.isAfter(currentDate.add(72, "hour"))
+      !scheduledDate.isAfter(currentDate.add(2, "hour"))
     ) {
       try {
         // If sendEmail failed then workflowReminer will not be created, failing E2E tests
@@ -327,8 +328,8 @@ export const scheduleEmailReminder = async (args: scheduleEmailReminderArgs) =>
       } catch (error) {
         log.error(`Error scheduling email with error ${error}`);
       }
-    } else if (scheduledDate.isAfter(currentDate.add(72, "hour"))) {
-      // Write to DB and send to CRON if scheduled reminder date is past 72 hours
+    } else if (scheduledDate.isAfter(currentDate.add(2, "hour"))) {
+      // Write to DB and send to CRON if scheduled reminder date is past 2 hours
       if (!isMandatoryReminder) {
         await prisma.workflowReminder.create({
           data: {
diff --git a/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/test/workflows.test.ts b/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/test/workflows.test.ts
index 4f507ff0d9..8118630c3a 100644
--- a/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/test/workflows.test.ts
+++ b/packages/features/ee/workflows/lib/test/workflows.test.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ const mockBookings = [
     eventTypeId: 1,
     userId: 101,
     status: BookingStatus.ACCEPTED,
-    startTime: `2024-05-22T04:00:00.000Z`,
-    endTime: `2024-05-22T04:30:00.000Z`,
+    startTime: `2024-05-20T14:00:00.000Z`,
+    endTime: `2024-05-20T14:30:00.000Z`,
     attendees: [{ email: "attendee@example.com", locale: "en" }],
   },
   {
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ const mockBookings = [
     eventTypeId: 1,
     userId: 101,
     status: BookingStatus.ACCEPTED,
-    startTime: `2024-05-23T04:00:00.000Z`,
-    endTime: `2024-05-23T04:30:00.000Z`,
+    startTime: `2024-05-20T14:30:00.000Z`,
+    endTime: `2024-05-20T15:00:00.000Z`,
     attendees: [{ email: "attendee@example.com", locale: "en" }],
   },
   {
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ describe("scheduleBookingReminders", () => {
     );
 
     const expectedScheduledDates = [
-      new Date("2024-05-22T03:00:00.000"),
-      new Date("2024-05-23T03:00:00.000Z"),
+      new Date("2024-05-20T13:00:00.000"),
+      new Date("2024-05-20T13:30:00.000Z"),
       new Date("2024-06-01T03:30:00.000Z"),
       new Date("2024-06-02T03:30:00.000Z"),
     ];
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ describe("scheduleBookingReminders", () => {
     );
 
     const expectedScheduledDates = [
-      new Date("2024-05-22T05:30:00.000"),
-      new Date("2024-05-23T05:30:00.000Z"),
+      new Date("2024-05-20T15:30:00.000"),
+      new Date("2024-05-20T16:00:00.000Z"),
       new Date("2024-06-01T06:00:00.000Z"),
       new Date("2024-06-02T06:00:00.000Z"),
     ];
@@ -529,11 +529,7 @@ describe("scheduleBookingReminders", () => {
     scheduledWorkflowReminders.forEach((reminder, index) => {
       expect(expectedScheduledDates[index].toISOString()).toStrictEqual(reminder.scheduledDate.toISOString());
       expect(reminder.method).toBe(WorkflowMethods.EMAIL);
-      if (index < 2) {
-        expect(reminder.scheduled).toBe(true);
-      } else {
-        expect(reminder.scheduled).toBe(false);
-      }
+      expect(reminder.scheduled).toBe(false); // all are more than 2 hours in advance
     });
   });
 
@@ -553,7 +549,7 @@ describe("scheduleBookingReminders", () => {
           {
             name: "Workflow",
             userId: 101,
-            trigger: "BEFORE_EVENT",
+            trigger: "AFTER_EVENT",
             action: "SMS_NUMBER",
             template: "REMINDER",
             activeOn: [],
@@ -621,13 +617,13 @@ describe("scheduleBookingReminders", () => {
     expectSMSWorkflowToBeTriggered({
       sms,
       toNumber: "000",
-      includedString: "2024 May 22 at 9:30am Asia/Kolkata",
+      includedString: "2024 May 20 at 7:30pm Asia/Kolkata",
     });
 
     expectSMSWorkflowToBeTriggered({
       sms,
       toNumber: "000",
-      includedString: "2024 May 23 at 9:30am Asia/Kolkata",
+      includedString: "2024 May 20 at 8:00pm Asia/Kolkata",
     });
 
     // sms are too far in future
@@ -655,10 +651,10 @@ describe("scheduleBookingReminders", () => {
     );
 
     const expectedScheduledDates = [
-      new Date("2024-05-22T01:00:00.000"),
-      new Date("2024-05-23T01:00:00.000Z"),
-      new Date("2024-06-01T01:30:00.000Z"),
-      new Date("2024-06-02T01:30:00.000Z"),
+      new Date("2024-05-20T17:30:00.000"),
+      new Date("2024-05-20T18:00:00.000Z"),
+      new Date("2024-06-01T08:00:00.000Z"),
+      new Date("2024-06-02T08:00:00.000Z"),
     ];
 
     scheduledWorkflowReminders.forEach((reminder, index) => {