diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulateDocumentVerboseResultTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulateDocumentVerboseResultTests.java
index 5701bcc27800f..6b673c49efa0b 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulateDocumentVerboseResultTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulateDocumentVerboseResultTests.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 public class SimulateDocumentVerboseResultTests extends AbstractXContentTestCase<SimulateDocumentVerboseResult> {
 
     static SimulateDocumentVerboseResult createTestInstance(boolean withFailures) {
-        int numDocs = randomIntBetween(0, 10);
+        int numDocs = randomIntBetween(0, 5);
         List<SimulateProcessorResult> results = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int i = 0; i<numDocs; i++) {
             boolean isSuccessful = !(withFailures && randomBoolean());
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponseTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponseTests.java
index 60bad4aad460f..65f82ceacff59 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponseTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponseTests.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public void testSerialization() throws IOException {
     }
 
     static SimulatePipelineResponse createInstance(String pipelineId, boolean isVerbose, boolean withFailure) {
-        int numResults = randomIntBetween(1, 10);
+        int numResults = randomIntBetween(1, 5);
         List<SimulateDocumentResult> results = new ArrayList<>(numResults);
         for (int i = 0; i < numResults; i++) {
             if (isVerbose) {
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/RandomObjects.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/RandomObjects.java
index a509645495858..06eefb7ccba14 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/RandomObjects.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/RandomObjects.java
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ public static BytesReference randomSource(Random random, XContentType xContentTy
      * Randomly adds fields, objects, or arrays to the provided builder. The maximum depth is 5.
      */
     private static void addFields(Random random, XContentBuilder builder, int minNumFields, int currentDepth) throws IOException {
-        int numFields = randomIntBetween(random, minNumFields, 10);
+        int numFields = randomIntBetween(random, minNumFields, 5);
         for (int i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {
-            if (currentDepth < 5 && random.nextBoolean()) {
+            if (currentDepth < 5 && random.nextInt(100) >= 70) {
                 if (random.nextBoolean()) {
                     builder.startObject(RandomStrings.randomAsciiOfLengthBetween(random, 6, 10));
                     addFields(random, builder, minNumFields, currentDepth + 1);