diff --git a/tests/test_c/test_compression.py b/tests/test_c/test_compression.py
index b7a808d9..c713da6f 100644
--- a/tests/test_c/test_compression.py
+++ b/tests/test_c/test_compression.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from zeroband.C.compression import average_buckets, uniform_8bit_quantize, quantize_per_tensor_uint8
 
-N = 100_000_000
+N = 10_000_000
 TIME_COUNT = 1