diff --git a/dvc/render/html.py b/dvc/render/html.py
index ec3cc5f5b..e5b650bef 100644
--- a/dvc/render/html.py
+++ b/dvc/render/html.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 PAGE_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
+    {refresh_tag}
     <title>DVC Plot</title>
     <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega@5.20.2"></script>
     <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega-lite@5.1.0"></script>
@@ -30,14 +31,23 @@ class MissingPlaceholderError(DvcException):
 class HTML:
     PLACEHOLDER = "plot_divs"
     PLACEHOLDER_FORMAT_STR = f"{{{PLACEHOLDER}}}"
+    REFRESH_PLACEHOLDER = "refresh_tag"
+    REFRESH_TAG = '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{}">'
 
-    def __init__(self, template: str = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        template: Optional[str] = None,
+        refresh_seconds: Optional[int] = None,
+    ):
         template = template or PAGE_HTML
         if self.PLACEHOLDER_FORMAT_STR not in template:
             raise MissingPlaceholderError(self.PLACEHOLDER_FORMAT_STR)
 
         self.template = template
         self.elements: List[str] = []
+        self.refresh_tag = ""
+        if refresh_seconds is not None:
+            self.refresh_tag = self.REFRESH_TAG.format(refresh_seconds)
 
     def with_metrics(self, metrics: Dict[str, Dict]) -> "HTML":
         import tabulate
@@ -60,7 +70,10 @@ class HTML:
         return self
 
     def embed(self) -> str:
-        kwargs = {self.PLACEHOLDER: "\n".join(self.elements)}
+        kwargs = {
+            self.PLACEHOLDER: "\n".join(self.elements),
+            self.REFRESH_PLACEHOLDER: self.refresh_tag,
+        }
         return self.template.format(**kwargs)
 
 
@@ -69,6 +82,7 @@ def write(
     renderers: List["Renderer"],
     metrics: Optional[Dict[str, Dict]] = None,
     template_path: Optional["StrPath"] = None,
+    refresh_seconds: Optional[int] = None,
 ):
 
     os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ def write(
         with open(template_path) as fobj:
             page_html = fobj.read()
 
-    document = HTML(page_html)
+    document = HTML(page_html, refresh_seconds=refresh_seconds)
     if metrics:
         document.with_metrics(metrics)
         document.with_element("<br>")
diff --git a/dvc/render/utils.py b/dvc/render/utils.py
index 2b0d56752..c9f227c79 100644
--- a/dvc/render/utils.py
+++ b/dvc/render/utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ def match_renderers(plots_data, templates):
     return renderers
 
 
-def render(repo, plots_data, metrics=None, path=None, html_template_path=None):
+def render(
+    repo,
+    plots_data,
+    metrics=None,
+    path=None,
+    html_template_path=None,
+    refresh_seconds=None,
+):
     # TODO we could probably remove repo usages (here and in VegaRenderer)
     renderers = match_renderers(plots_data, repo.plots.templates)
     if not html_template_path:
@@ -76,5 +83,9 @@ def render(repo, plots_data, metrics=None, path=None, html_template_path=None):
     from dvc.render.html import write
 
     return write(
-        path, renderers, metrics=metrics, template_path=html_template_path
+        path,
+        renderers,
+        metrics=metrics,
+        template_path=html_template_path,
+        refresh_seconds=refresh_seconds,
     )
diff --git a/dvc/repo/live.py b/dvc/repo/live.py
index df52279fe..f53007e89 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/live.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/live.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ def create_summary(out):
 
     html_path = out.path_info.fspath + "_dvc_plots"
 
-    index_path = render(out.repo, plots, metrics=metrics, path=html_path)
+    index_path = render(
+        out.repo, plots, metrics=metrics, path=html_path, refresh_seconds=5
+    )
     logger.info(f"\nfile://{os.path.abspath(index_path)}")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/func/test_live.py b/tests/func/test_live.py
index d259c11d4..9995309f3 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_live.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_live.py
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ def test_live_html(tmp_dir, dvc, live_stage, html):
     live_stage(html=html, live="logs")
 
     assert (tmp_dir / "logs_dvc_plots" / "index.html").is_file() == html
+    if html:
+        html_text = (tmp_dir / "logs_dvc_plots" / "index.html").read_text()
+        assert 'http-equiv="refresh"' in html_text
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/render/test_html.py b/tests/unit/render/test_html.py
index 56ebe6323..5b4648a1a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/render/test_html.py
+++ b/tests/unit/render/test_html.py
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ CUSTOM_PAGE_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "template,page_elements,expected_page",
     [
-        (None, ["content"], PAGE_HTML.format(plot_divs="content")),
+        (
+            None,
+            ["content"],
+            PAGE_HTML.format(plot_divs="content", refresh_tag=""),
+        ),
         (
             CUSTOM_PAGE_HTML,
             ["content"],