diff --git a/zio-interop-cats/shared/src/main/scala/zio/interop/cats.scala b/zio-interop-cats/shared/src/main/scala/zio/interop/cats.scala
index a50520fd..6d9f9bb4 100644
--- a/zio-interop-cats/shared/src/main/scala/zio/interop/cats.scala
+++ b/zio-interop-cats/shared/src/main/scala/zio/interop/cats.scala
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ private abstract class ZioTemporal[R, E, E1] extends ZioConcurrent[R, E, E1] wit
   override def realTime: F[FiniteDuration] = {
     implicit def trace: Trace = CoreTracer.newTrace
 
-    currentTime(MILLISECONDS).map(FiniteDuration(_, MILLISECONDS))
+    currentTime(NANOSECONDS).map(FiniteDuration(_, NANOSECONDS))
   }
 }