diff --git a/pkg/ccl/testccl/workload/schemachange/schema_change_external_test.go b/pkg/ccl/testccl/workload/schemachange/schema_change_external_test.go
index 5731672c1bc3..8c874fc2f315 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/testccl/workload/schemachange/schema_change_external_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/testccl/workload/schemachange/schema_change_external_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestWorkload(t *testing.T) {
 	ql, err := wl.Ops(ctx, []string{pgURL.String()}, reg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	const N = 800
+	const N = 100
 	workerFn := func(ctx context.Context, fn func(ctx context.Context) error) func() error {
 		return func() error {
 			for i := 0; i < N; i++ {