diff --git a/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix b/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix
index 22fe5cada480..e26c6d5d670c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ceph-multi-node.nix
@@ -183,15 +183,15 @@ let
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'HEALTH_OK'")
 
     monA.succeed(
-        "ceph osd pool create multi-node-test 128 128",
+        "ceph osd pool create multi-node-test 32 32",
         "ceph osd pool ls | grep 'multi-node-test'",
         "ceph osd pool rename multi-node-test multi-node-other-test",
         "ceph osd pool ls | grep 'multi-node-other-test'",
     )
-    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '1 pools, 128 pgs'")
+    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '2 pools, 33 pgs'")
     monA.succeed("ceph osd pool set multi-node-other-test size 2")
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'HEALTH_OK'")
-    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '128 active+clean'")
+    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '33 active+clean'")
     monA.fail(
         "ceph osd pool ls | grep 'multi-node-test'",
         "ceph osd pool delete multi-node-other-test multi-node-other-test --yes-i-really-really-mean-it",
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix b/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix
index 01c4b4138451..98528f6317bc 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ let
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'HEALTH_OK'")
 
     monA.succeed(
-        "ceph osd pool create single-node-test 128 128",
+        "ceph osd pool create single-node-test 32 32",
         "ceph osd pool ls | grep 'single-node-test'",
         "ceph osd pool rename single-node-test single-node-other-test",
         "ceph osd pool ls | grep 'single-node-other-test'",
     )
-    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '1 pools, 128 pgs'")
+    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '2 pools, 33 pgs'")
     monA.succeed(
         "ceph osd getcrushmap -o crush",
         "crushtool -d crush -o decrushed",
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ let
         "ceph osd pool set single-node-other-test size 2",
     )
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'HEALTH_OK'")
-    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '128 active+clean'")
+    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep '33 active+clean'")
     monA.fail(
         "ceph osd pool ls | grep 'multi-node-test'",
         "ceph osd pool delete single-node-other-test single-node-other-test --yes-i-really-really-mean-it",