diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index a895060..23f94d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Endurance Test
         run: |
           # Increase timeout so long-running tests won't kill the job prematurely
-          go test -v  ./waku -count=1 -timeout=300m -run Test2Nodes1kTearDown ./... | tee testlogs.log
+          go test -v  ./waku -count=1 -timeout=300m -run Test2Nodes500IterationTearDown ./... | tee testlogs.log
 
       - name: Upload Test Logs
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/waku/stress_test.go b/waku/stress_test.go
index 86ff118..c357ad6 100644
--- a/waku/stress_test.go
+++ b/waku/stress_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestMemoryUsageForThreeNodes(t *testing.T) {
 	Debug("[%s] Test completed successfully", testName)
 }
 
-func Test2Nodes1kTearDown(t *testing.T) {
+func Test2Nodes500IterationTearDown(t *testing.T) {
 	logFile, err := os.OpenFile("test_repeated_start_stop.log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0666)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer logFile.Close()
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func Test2Nodes1kTearDown(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	Debug("[%s] OS-level RSS at test START: %d KB", t.Name(), initialRSS)
 
-	totalIterations := 501
+	totalIterations := 500
 	for i := 1; i <= totalIterations; i++ {
 		var nodes []*WakuNode
 		for n := 1; n <= 2; n++ {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func Test2Nodes1kTearDown(t *testing.T) {
 			rssNow, err := getRSSKB()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			Debug("Iteration %d, OS-level RSS after teardown: %d KB", i, rssNow)
-			require.LessOrEqual(t, rssNow, initialRSS*3, "OS-level RSS soared above threshold after iteration %d", i)
+			require.LessOrEqual(t, rssNow, initialRSS*10, "OS-level RSS soared above threshold after iteration %d", i)
 		}
 		Debug("Iteration numberrrrrr  %d", i)
 	}