diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore2_test.clj b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore2_test.clj
index 0af0283d5c..af8a1d0030 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore2_test.clj
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore2_test.clj
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
 (deftest large-container-list-test
   (let [container-name "test"
-        total-blobs 9000]
+        total-blobs 5000]
 
     ;; create a container full of blobs
     (create-container *blobstore* container-name)
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
index a09585c491..bc9d26b3f7 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 (deftest large-container-list-test
   (let [container-name "test"
-        total-blobs 10000]
+        total-blobs 5000]
     ;; create a container full of blobs
     (create-container container-name)
     (dotimes [i total-blobs] (upload-blob container-name (str i) (str i)))