diff --git a/lib/uplinkc/testdata_test.go b/lib/uplinkc/testdata_test.go
index bf8be9fc5..83b3e44b7 100644
--- a/lib/uplinkc/testdata_test.go
+++ b/lib/uplinkc/testdata_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func RunPlanet(t *testing.T, run func(ctx *testcontext.Context, planet *testplan
 		zaptest.NewLogger(t, zaptest.Level(zapcore.WarnLevel)),
 		testplanet.Config{
 			SatelliteCount:   1,
-			StorageNodeCount: 8,
+			StorageNodeCount: 6,
 			UplinkCount:      1,
 			Reconfigure:      testplanet.DisablePeerCAWhitelist,
 		},
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func RunPlanet(t *testing.T, run func(ctx *testcontext.Context, planet *testplan
 }
 
 func TestC(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := testcontext.New(t)
+	ctx := testcontext.NewWithTimeout(t, 5*time.Minute)
 	defer ctx.Cleanup()
 
 	libuplink := ctx.CompileShared(t, "uplink", "storj.io/storj/lib/uplinkc")