diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientLoadTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientLoadTest.java
index 11859d4b8d0..5b1fe09ec05 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientLoadTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientLoadTest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class HttpClientLoadTest extends AbstractHttpClientServerTest
         client.setMaxQueueSizePerAddress(1024 * 1024);
 
         Random random = new Random();
-        int iterations = 1000;
+        int iterations = 200;
         CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(iterations);
         List<String> failures = new ArrayList<>();