diff --git a/private/testplanet/satellite.go b/private/testplanet/satellite.go
index 1e3381d62..8665cf098 100644
--- a/private/testplanet/satellite.go
+++ b/private/testplanet/satellite.go
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func (planet *Planet) newSatellites(count int, satelliteDatabases satellitedbtes
 					CacheExpiration: 10 * time.Second,
 				},
 				ProjectLimits: metainfo.ProjectLimitConfig{
-					MaxBuckets:          1000,
+					MaxBuckets:          10,
 					DefaultMaxUsage:     25 * memory.GB,
 					DefaultMaxBandwidth: 25 * memory.GB,
 				},
diff --git a/satellite/metainfo/metainfo_test.go b/satellite/metainfo/metainfo_test.go
index 15f47593d..2564456a3 100644
--- a/satellite/metainfo/metainfo_test.go
+++ b/satellite/metainfo/metainfo_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestMaxOutBuckets(t *testing.T) {
 	testplanet.Run(t, testplanet.Config{
-		SatelliteCount: 1, StorageNodeCount: 10, UplinkCount: 1,
+		SatelliteCount: 1, StorageNodeCount: 0, UplinkCount: 1,
 	}, func(t *testing.T, ctx *testcontext.Context, planet *testplanet.Planet) {
 		limit := planet.Satellites[0].Config.Metainfo.ProjectLimits.MaxBuckets
 		for i := 1; i <= limit; i++ {