diff --git a/beacon/sync/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/beacon/sync/forward/singlepeer/PeerSyncTest.java b/beacon/sync/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/beacon/sync/forward/singlepeer/PeerSyncTest.java
index 7a7f5eec5d8..505cd195228 100644
--- a/beacon/sync/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/beacon/sync/forward/singlepeer/PeerSyncTest.java
+++ b/beacon/sync/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/beacon/sync/forward/singlepeer/PeerSyncTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class PeerSyncTest extends AbstractSyncTest {
       UInt64.valueOf(SyncConfig.DEFAULT_FORWARD_SYNC_BATCH_SIZE);
 
   private static final Bytes32 PEER_HEAD_BLOCK_ROOT = Bytes32.fromHexString("0x1234");
-  private static final UInt64 PEER_HEAD_SLOT = UInt64.valueOf(30);
+  private static final UInt64 PEER_HEAD_SLOT = UInt64.valueOf(20);
   private static final UInt64 PEER_FINALIZED_EPOCH = UInt64.valueOf(3);
 
   private final int slotsPerEpoch = spec.getGenesisSpecConfig().getSlotsPerEpoch();
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class PeerSyncTest extends AbstractSyncTest {
               PEER_HEAD_BLOCK_ROOT,
               PEER_HEAD_SLOT));
 
-  private final UInt64 denebPeerSlotsAhead = UInt64.valueOf(30);
+  private final UInt64 denebPeerSlotsAhead = UInt64.valueOf(20);
   private final UInt64 denebPeerHeadSlot = denebFirstSlot.plus(denebPeerSlotsAhead);
   private final UInt64 denebPeerFinalizedEpoch = spec.computeEpochAtSlot(denebPeerHeadSlot);
 
diff --git a/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/BeaconNodeCommandTest.java b/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/BeaconNodeCommandTest.java
index 3bf9eeb11cd..88224130876 100644
--- a/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/BeaconNodeCommandTest.java
+++ b/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/BeaconNodeCommandTest.java
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ private String[] createCliArgs() {
       "--Xpeer-blob-sidecars-rate-limit",
       "1500",
       "--Xpeer-request-limit",
-      "50"
+      "100"
     };
   }