diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.sort/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.sort/10_basic.yml
index 6e8be800a1b..aec3c41672d 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.sort/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.sort/10_basic.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         body:
           settings:
             number_of_shards: 1
-            number_of_replicas: 1
+            number_of_replicas: 0
             index.sort.field: rank
           mappings:
             test: