diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/walRetention.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/walRetention.py
index e03ec63dea26b8d41ec626aeb9ec2a9b57616f7c..2bcd3f61c21128a8af83a38687ce3b5972ccedc7 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/walRetention.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/walRetention.py
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         #self.test_db("db2", 5, 10*24*3600, 2*1024) # 2M size
         
         # period + size        
-        self.test_db("db", checkTime = 30*60, wal_period = 60, wal_size_kb=10)
+        self.test_db("db", checkTime = 5*60, wal_period = 60, wal_size_kb=10)
 
 
     def stop(self):