diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java
index ef7da395d2151..79caef1f45a26 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchTimeoutIT.java
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
     }
 
     public void testSimpleTimeout() throws Exception {
-        final int numDocs = 1000;
-        for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
             client().prepareIndex("test").setId(Integer.toString(i)).setSource("field", "value").get();
         }
         refresh("test");