diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestRowCounter.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestRowCounter.java
index ef0dc0a8054..817e7a9a318 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestRowCounter.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestRowCounter.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CategoryBasedTimeout;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
 /**
  * Test the rowcounter map reduce job.
  */
-@Category(MediumTests.class)
+@Category(LargeTests.class)
 public class TestRowCounter {
   @Rule public final TestRule timeout = CategoryBasedTimeout.builder().
       withTimeout(this.getClass()).withLookingForStuckThread(true).build();