diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index a4094a5bb6bc8..2f548f290eeae 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -272,9 +272,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.search.CCSDuelIT
   method: testTerminateAfter
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/126085
-- class: org.elasticsearch.search.basic.SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT
-  method: testSearchWithRandomDisconnects
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122707
 - class: org.elasticsearch.packaging.test.DockerTests
   method: test020PluginsListWithNoPlugins
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/126232
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java
index d230063162f5f..9384a3e243885 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ private void runMoreSearches() {
                 }
             });
         }
-        for (int i = 0, n = randomIntBetween(50, 100); i < n; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0, n = randomIntBetween(5, 10); i < n; i++) {
             NetworkDisruption networkDisruption = new NetworkDisruption(
                 isolateNode(internalCluster().getRandomNodeName()),
                 NetworkDisruption.DISCONNECT
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ private void runMoreSearches() {
             setDisruptionScheme(networkDisruption);
             networkDisruption.startDisrupting();
             networkDisruption.stopDisrupting();
+
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(300);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
+
             internalCluster().clearDisruptionScheme();
             ensureFullyConnectedCluster();
         }
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ private void runMoreSearches() {
 
     private static SearchRequestBuilder prepareRandomSearch() {
         return prepareSearch("*").setQuery(new MatchAllQueryBuilder())
-            .setSize(9999)
+            .setSize(randomIntBetween(10, 100))
             .setFetchSource(true)
             .setAllowPartialSearchResults(randomBoolean());
     }