diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertThrottleTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertThrottleTests.java
index 0a2e1447f86..6621665bbe8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertThrottleTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertThrottleTests.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class AlertThrottleTests extends AbstractAlertingTests {
                     }
                 }
 
-                assertThat(countResponse.getCount(), equalTo(1L));
+                assertThat(countResponse.getCount(), greaterThanOrEqualTo(1L));
             }
         });
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class AlertThrottleTests extends AbstractAlertingTests {
                         .setTypes("action-type")
                         .setSource(searchSource().query(matchAllQuery()).buildAsBytes())
                         .get();
-                assertThat(countResponse.getCount(), equalTo(2L));
+                assertThat(countResponse.getCount(), greaterThanOrEqualTo(2L));
             }
         });