diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java
index c4150d633a8f0..f79e9f1e4e945 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/TooManyJobsIT.java
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ public void testLazyNodeValidation() throws Exception {
     }
 
     public void testSingleNode() throws Exception {
-        verifyMaxNumberOfJobsLimit(1, randomIntBetween(1, 100));
+        verifyMaxNumberOfJobsLimit(1, randomIntBetween(1, 20));
     }
 
     public void testMultipleNodes() throws Exception {
-        verifyMaxNumberOfJobsLimit(3, randomIntBetween(1, 100));
+        verifyMaxNumberOfJobsLimit(3, randomIntBetween(1, 20));
     }
 
     private void verifyMaxNumberOfJobsLimit(int numNodes, int maxNumberOfJobsPerNode) throws Exception {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
index 44cdd2434aec7..e5627fdd41b81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/support/BaseMlIntegTestCase.java
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public static void deleteAllJobs(Logger logger, Client client) throws Exception
 
         try {
             CloseJobAction.Request closeRequest = new CloseJobAction.Request(MetaData.ALL);
-            closeRequest.setCloseTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(20L));
+            closeRequest.setCloseTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30L));
             logger.info("Closing jobs using [{}]", MetaData.ALL);
             CloseJobAction.Response response = client.execute(CloseJobAction.INSTANCE, closeRequest)
                     .get();
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public static void deleteAllJobs(Logger logger, Client client) throws Exception
             try {
                 CloseJobAction.Request closeRequest = new CloseJobAction.Request(MetaData.ALL);
                 closeRequest.setForce(true);
-                closeRequest.setCloseTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(20L));
+                closeRequest.setCloseTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30L));
                 CloseJobAction.Response response =
                         client.execute(CloseJobAction.INSTANCE, closeRequest).get();
                 assertTrue(response.isClosed());