diff --git a/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java b/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
index 9fe3bb1ef8..bd296fa90d 100644
--- a/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
+++ b/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ private void ingestData(String index) throws IOException {
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
         int numberOfRequests = Randomness.get().nextInt(10);
         while (numberOfRequests-- > 0) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < Randomness.get().nextInt(100); i++) {
+            int numberOfDocuments = Randomness.get().nextInt(100) + 1;
+            for (int i = 0; i < numberOfDocuments; i++) {
                 Map<String, Map<String, String>> indexRequest = new HashMap<>();
                 indexRequest.put("index", new HashMap<>() {
                     {