diff --git a/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/BUILD b/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/BUILD
index 891a8301666..504802c5837 100644
--- a/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/BUILD
+++ b/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/BUILD
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
     srcs = ["oracle_event_engine_posix.cc"],
     hdrs = ["oracle_event_engine_posix.h"],
     tags = [
+        "cpu:10",
         "no_windows",
     ],
     deps = [
diff --git a/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/client_test.cc b/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/client_test.cc
index 2f616a2e91f..b0c6f8bae87 100644
--- a/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/client_test.cc
+++ b/test/core/event_engine/test_suite/client_test.cc
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ TEST_F(EventEngineClientTest, ConnectExchangeBidiDataTransferTest) {
 TEST_F(EventEngineClientTest, MultipleIPv6ConnectionsToOneOracleListenerTest) {
   grpc_core::ExecCtx ctx;
   static constexpr int kNumListenerAddresses = 10;  // N
-  static constexpr int kNumConnections = 100;       // M
+  static constexpr int kNumConnections = 10;        // M
   auto oracle_ee = this->NewOracleEventEngine();
   auto test_ee = this->NewEventEngine();
   auto memory_quota = std::make_unique<grpc_core::MemoryQuota>("bar");