diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TPipeInterruptTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TPipeInterruptTest.cpp
index e2f2489..80e4c1f 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TPipeInterruptTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TPipeInterruptTest.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(stress_pipe_accept_interruption) {
-  int interruptIters = 100;
+  int interruptIters = 10;
 
   for (int i = 0; i < interruptIters; ++i)
   {