diff --git a/graphql/e2e/common/common.go b/graphql/e2e/common/common.go
index 93284158ec2..5d8668af9d4 100644
--- a/graphql/e2e/common/common.go
+++ b/graphql/e2e/common/common.go
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ func (params *GraphQLParams) createApplicationGQLPost(url string) (*http.Request
 
 // RunGQLRequest runs a HTTP GraphQL request and returns the data or any errors.
 func RunGQLRequest(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
-	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 50 * time.Second}
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 200 * time.Second}
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/graphql/e2e/schema/schema_test.go b/graphql/e2e/schema/schema_test.go
index 1277eb434a1..15895a93360 100644
--- a/graphql/e2e/schema/schema_test.go
+++ b/graphql/e2e/schema/schema_test.go
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func TestUpdateGQLSchemaFields(t *testing.T) {
 // TestLargeSchemaUpdate makes sure that updating large schemas (4000 fields with indexes) does not
 // throw any error
 func TestLargeSchemaUpdate(t *testing.T) {
-	numFields := 1000
+	numFields := 250
 
 	schema := "type LargeSchema {"
 	for i := 1; i <= numFields; i++ {