diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/_context-cookiecutter-mcp-pike-ovs.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/_context-cookiecutter-mcp-pike-ovs.yaml
index 8b6e51a..2e8697b 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/_context-cookiecutter-mcp-pike-ovs.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/_context-cookiecutter-mcp-pike-ovs.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   openstack_benchmark_node01_address: 172.16.10.95
   openstack_benchmark_node01_hostname: bmk01
   openstack_cluster_size: compact
-  openstack_compute_count: '100'
+  openstack_compute_count: '2'
   openstack_compute_rack01_hostname: cmp
   openstack_compute_rack01_single_subnet: 172.16.10
   openstack_compute_rack01_tenant_subnet: 10.1.0