diff --git a/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/test/integration/BootStrapTests.java b/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/test/integration/BootStrapTests.java
index 3a637b31e86..413c82970e4 100644
--- a/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/test/integration/BootStrapTests.java
+++ b/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/test/integration/BootStrapTests.java
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class BootStrapTests extends AbstractWatcherIntegrationTestCase {
         ).get();
 
         DateTime now = DateTime.now(UTC);
-        final int numRecords = scaledRandomIntBetween(2, 128);
+        final int numRecords = scaledRandomIntBetween(2, 12);
         for (int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
             now = now.plusMinutes(1);
             ScheduleTriggerEvent event = new ScheduleTriggerEvent(watchId, now, now);