diff --git a/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java b/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java
index 8fd8aa8395a..f155286e27f 100644
--- a/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java
+++ b/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ public abstract class SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase extends JdbcIntegrationTestCas
 
     protected ResultSet executeJdbcQuery(Connection con, String query) throws SQLException {
         Statement statement = con.createStatement();
-        //statement.setFetchSize(randomInt(10));
-        // NOCOMMIT: hook up pagination
-        statement.setFetchSize(1000);
+        statement.setFetchSize(between(1, 500));
         return statement.executeQuery(query);
     }