diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/backpressure/SearchBackpressureIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/backpressure/SearchBackpressureIT.java
index 1e4702409df02..f8629e2c88b07 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/backpressure/SearchBackpressureIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/backpressure/SearchBackpressureIT.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.search.backpressure;
 
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 
 @OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.SUITE)
 public class SearchBackpressureIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
 
-    private static final TimeValue TIMEOUT = new TimeValue(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    private static final TimeValue TIMEOUT = new TimeValue(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
@@ -90,15 +93,14 @@ public void testSearchShardTaskCancellationWithHighElapsedTime() throws Interrup
             .build();
         assertAcked(client().admin().cluster().prepareUpdateSettings().setPersistentSettings(request).get());
 
-        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener(latch);
+        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener();
         client().execute(TestTransportAction.ACTION, new TestRequest(RequestType.HIGH_ELAPSED_TIME), listener);
-        latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        assertTrue(listener.latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
         Exception caughtException = listener.getException();
         assertNotNull("SearchShardTask should have been cancelled with TaskCancelledException", caughtException);
-        assertEquals(TaskCancelledException.class, caughtException.getClass());
-        assertTrue(caughtException.getMessage().contains("elapsed time exceeded"));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(caughtException, instanceOf(TaskCancelledException.class));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(caughtException.getMessage(), containsString("elapsed time exceeded"));
     }
 
     public void testSearchShardTaskCancellationWithHighCpu() throws InterruptedException {
@@ -108,15 +110,14 @@ public void testSearchShardTaskCancellationWithHighCpu() throws InterruptedExcep
             .build();
         assertAcked(client().admin().cluster().prepareUpdateSettings().setPersistentSettings(request).get());
 
-        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener(latch);
+        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener();
         client().execute(TestTransportAction.ACTION, new TestRequest(RequestType.HIGH_CPU), listener);
-        latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        assertTrue(listener.latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
         Exception caughtException = listener.getException();
         assertNotNull("SearchShardTask should have been cancelled with TaskCancelledException", caughtException);
-        assertEquals(TaskCancelledException.class, caughtException.getClass());
-        assertTrue(caughtException.getMessage().contains("cpu usage exceeded"));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(caughtException, instanceOf(TaskCancelledException.class));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(caughtException.getMessage(), containsString("cpu usage exceeded"));
     }
 
     public void testSearchShardTaskCancellationWithHighHeapUsage() throws InterruptedException {
@@ -133,43 +134,43 @@ public void testSearchShardTaskCancellationWithHighHeapUsage() throws Interrupte
             .build();
         assertAcked(client().admin().cluster().prepareUpdateSettings().setPersistentSettings(request).get());
 
-        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener(latch);
+        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener();
         for (int i = 0; i < MOVING_AVERAGE_WINDOW_SIZE; i++) {
             client(node).execute(TestTransportAction.ACTION, new TestRequest(RequestType.HIGH_HEAP), listener);
         }
 
-        latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener(latch);
+        listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener();
         client(node).execute(TestTransportAction.ACTION, new TestRequest(RequestType.HIGHER_HEAP), listener);
-        latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        assertTrue(listener.latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
         Exception caughtException = listener.getException();
         assertNotNull("SearchShardTask should have been cancelled with TaskCancelledException", caughtException);
-        assertEquals(TaskCancelledException.class, caughtException.getClass());
-        assertTrue(caughtException.getMessage().contains("heap usage exceeded"));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(caughtException, instanceOf(TaskCancelledException.class));
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(caughtException.getMessage(), containsString("heap usage exceeded"));
     }
 
     public void testSearchCancellationWithBackpressureDisabled() throws InterruptedException {
         Settings request = Settings.builder().put(SearchBackpressureSettings.SETTING_MODE.getKey(), "monitor_only").build();
         assertAcked(client().admin().cluster().prepareUpdateSettings().setPersistentSettings(request).get());
 
-        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener(latch);
+        ExceptionCatchingListener listener = new ExceptionCatchingListener();
         client().execute(TestTransportAction.ACTION, new TestRequest(RequestType.HIGH_ELAPSED_TIME), listener);
-        latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        // waiting for the TIMEOUT * 3 time for the request to complete and the latch to countdown.
+        assertTrue(
+            "SearchShardTask should have been completed by now and countdown the latch",
+            listener.latch.await(TIMEOUT.getSeconds() * 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        );
 
         Exception caughtException = listener.getException();
         assertNull("SearchShardTask shouldn't have cancelled for monitor_only mode", caughtException);
-
     }
 
     private static class ExceptionCatchingListener implements ActionListener<TestResponse> {
         private final CountDownLatch latch;
         private Exception exception = null;
 
-        public ExceptionCatchingListener(CountDownLatch latch) {
-            this.latch = latch;
+        public ExceptionCatchingListener() {
+            this.latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         }
 
         @Override