diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequestSizeLimitIT.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequestSizeLimitIT.java
index 0a257f89fe258..e075c2c9b8f5a 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequestSizeLimitIT.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequestSizeLimitIT.java
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ public void testLimitsInFlightRequests() throws Exception {
         }
 
         List<Tuple<String, CharSequence>> requests = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (int i = 0; i < 150; i++) {
+        // See please https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17068 why 128 is the cap, we should be able to
+        // make it configurable in the Netty next release.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
             requests.add(Tuple.tuple("/index/_bulk", bulkRequest));
         }