diff --git a/tests/ert/unit_tests/storage/test_local_storage.py b/tests/ert/unit_tests/storage/test_local_storage.py
index ac29023e1b0..3bcf6a860ac 100644
--- a/tests/ert/unit_tests/storage/test_local_storage.py
+++ b/tests/ert/unit_tests/storage/test_local_storage.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class Experiment:
     observations: Dict[str, polars.DataFrame] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
-@settings(max_examples=300)
+@settings(max_examples=250)
 class StatefulStorageTest(RuleBasedStateMachine):
     """
     This test runs several commands against storage and