diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationAllocationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationAllocationIT.java
index efaba8ac2cbf3..0ee006130fbb3 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationAllocationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationAllocationIT.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public void testAllocationAndRebalanceWithDisruption() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().startClusterManagerOnlyNode();
         final int maxReplicaCount = 2;
         final int maxShardCount = 2;
-        final int numberOfIndices = randomIntBetween(1, 10);
+        final int numberOfIndices = randomIntBetween(1, 3);
         final int maxPossibleShards = numberOfIndices * maxShardCount * (1 + maxReplicaCount);
 
         List<List<Integer>> shardAndReplicaCounts = new ArrayList<>();