diff --git a/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/document/TestLatLonShapeQueries.java b/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/document/TestLatLonShapeQueries.java
index 03941b9dc85..2bb207ef83e 100644
--- a/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/document/TestLatLonShapeQueries.java
+++ b/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/document/TestLatLonShapeQueries.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class TestLatLonShapeQueries extends LuceneTestCase {
 
   @Nightly
   public void testRandomBig() throws Exception {
-    doTestRandom(200000);
+    doTestRandom(50000);
   }
 
   private void doTestRandom(int count) throws Exception {