diff --git a/crates/iota-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs b/crates/iota-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs
index 273b677ab57..c60e51d5597 100644
--- a/crates/iota-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/iota-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs
@@ -716,8 +716,16 @@ async fn do_test_reconfig_with_committee_change_stress() {
         let handle2 = test_cluster.spawn_new_validator(v2).await;
 
         tokio::join!(
-            test_cluster.wait_for_epoch_on_node(&handle1, Some(cur_epoch), Duration::from_secs(60)),
-            test_cluster.wait_for_epoch_on_node(&handle2, Some(cur_epoch), Duration::from_secs(60))
+            test_cluster.wait_for_epoch_on_node(
+                &handle1,
+                Some(cur_epoch),
+                Duration::from_secs(300)
+            ),
+            test_cluster.wait_for_epoch_on_node(
+                &handle2,
+                Some(cur_epoch),
+                Duration::from_secs(300)
+            )
         );
 
         test_cluster.trigger_reconfiguration().await;
@@ -726,7 +734,7 @@ async fn do_test_reconfig_with_committee_change_stress() {
             .iota_node
             .with(|node| node.state().epoch_store_for_testing().committee().clone());
         cur_epoch = committee.epoch();
-        assert_eq!(committee.num_members(), 9);
+        assert_eq!(committee.num_members(), 7);
         assert!(committee.authority_exists(&handle1.state().name));
         assert!(committee.authority_exists(&handle2.state().name));
         removed_validators