diff --git a/Lib/test/test_free_threading/test_iteration.py b/Lib/test/test_free_threading/test_iteration.py
index a51ad0cf83a006..44d3e9ccfdd14e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_free_threading/test_iteration.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_free_threading/test_iteration.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     NUMITEMS = 1000
     NUMTHREADS = 2
 else:
-    NUMITEMS = 100000
+    NUMITEMS = 5000
     NUMTHREADS = 5
 NUMMUTATORS = 2