diff --git a/waku/stress_test.go b/waku/stress_test.go
index f5151c2..ec4d893 100644
--- a/waku/stress_test.go
+++ b/waku/stress_test.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func TestStressHighThroughput10kPublish(t *testing.T) {
 
 	Debug("Memory usage BEFORE sending => HeapAlloc: %d KB, RSS: %d KB", startHeapKB, startRSSKB)
 
-	totalMessages := 100
+	totalMessages := 2000
 	pubsubTopic := DefaultPubsubTopic
 
 	for i := 0; i < totalMessages; i++ {
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func TestStressLargePayloadEphemeralMessagesEndurance(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	Debug("Before endurance test: HeapAlloc = %d KB, RSS = %d KB", startHeapKB, startRSSKB)
 
-	maxIterations := 2000
+	maxIterations := 1000
 	payloadSize := 100 * 1024
 	largePayload := make([]byte, payloadSize)
 	for i := range largePayload {