diff --git a/benchmark/load/insecure-bank/k6.js b/benchmark/load/insecure-bank/k6.js
index 2dc5ce582c6..2dd800fa7e5 100644
--- a/benchmark/load/insecure-bank/k6.js
+++ b/benchmark/load/insecure-bank/k6.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const options = function (variants) {
     scenarios[`load--insecure-bank--${variant}--warmup`] = {
       executor: 'constant-vus',  // https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/using-k6/scenarios/executors/#all-executors
       vus: 5,
-      duration: '20s',
+      duration: '165s',
       gracefulStop: '2s',
       env: {
         "APP_URL": variants[variant]["APP_URL"]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const options = function (variants) {
     scenarios[`load--insecure-bank--${variant}--high_load`] = {
       executor: 'constant-vus',
       vus: 5,
-      startTime: '22s',
+      startTime: '167s',
       duration: '15s',
       gracefulStop: '2s',
       env: {
diff --git a/benchmark/load/petclinic/k6.js b/benchmark/load/petclinic/k6.js
index a215ad7ea2d..debeab10a8e 100644
--- a/benchmark/load/petclinic/k6.js
+++ b/benchmark/load/petclinic/k6.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const options = function (variants) {
     scenarios[`load--petclinic--${variant}--warmup`] = {
       executor: 'constant-vus',  // https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/using-k6/scenarios/executors/#all-executors
       vus: 5,
-      duration: '20s',
+      duration: '165s',
       gracefulStop: '2s',
       env: {
         "APP_URL": variants[variant]["APP_URL"]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const options = function (variants) {
     scenarios[`load--petclinic--${variant}--high_load`] = {
       executor: 'constant-vus',
       vus: 5,
-      startTime: '22s',
+      startTime: '167s',
       duration: '15s',
       gracefulStop: '2s',
       env: {
diff --git a/benchmark/load/run.sh b/benchmark/load/run.sh
index d43a28383d5..5f2f265b045 100755
--- a/benchmark/load/run.sh
+++ b/benchmark/load/run.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ for app in *; do
   # Using profiler variants for healthcheck as they are the slowest
   if [ "${app}" == "petclinic" ]; then
     HEALTHCHECK_URL=http://localhost:8082
-    REPETITIONS_COUNT=5
+    REPETITIONS_COUNT=2
   elif [ "${app}" == "insecure-bank" ]; then
     HEALTHCHECK_URL=http://localhost:8082/login
     REPETITIONS_COUNT=2