diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go
index 806277c3c2..2e73dc480d 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ func TestFileRetrieval(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeCount = []int{16}
 
 		if *longrunning {
-			nodeCount = append(nodeCount, 32, 64, 128)
-			//nodeCount = append(nodeCount, 32, 64)
+			//nodeCount = append(nodeCount, 32, 64, 128)
+			nodeCount = append(nodeCount, 48)
 		} else if testutil.RaceEnabled {
 			nodeCount = []int{4}
 		}
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ func TestRetrieval(t *testing.T) {
 		chnkCnt := []int{32}
 
 		if *longrunning {
-			nodeCnt = []int{16, 32, 128}
-			chnkCnt = []int{4, 32, 256}
+			//nodeCnt = []int{16, 32, 128}
+			nodeCnt = []int{32, 48}
+			chnkCnt = []int{64, 128}
+			//chnkCnt = []int{4, 32, 256}
 		} else if testutil.RaceEnabled {
 			nodeCnt = []int{4}
 			chnkCnt = []int{4}
diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go
index 09c6a98fda..303950414b 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ func TestSyncingViaGlobalSync(t *testing.T) {
 		//if the `longrunning` flag has been provided
 		//run more test combinations
 		if *longrunning {
-			chunkCounts = []int{1, 8, 32, 256, 1024}
-			nodeCounts = []int{16, 32, 64, 128, 256}
-			//nodeCounts = []int{16, 32, 64}
+			chunkCounts = []int{64, 128}
+			//nodeCounts = []int{16, 32, 64, 128, 256}
+			nodeCounts = []int{32, 48}
 		}
 
 		for _, chunkCount := range chunkCounts {