diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/generative/command/pipe/ForkGenerator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/generative/command/pipe/ForkGenerator.java
index 9e0985f3bb680..74c4122156bc6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/generative/command/pipe/ForkGenerator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/generative/command/pipe/ForkGenerator.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public CommandDescription generate(
             completeCommand.append(command.commandString());
         }
 
-        final int branchCount = randomIntBetween(2, 3);
+        final int branchCount = randomIntBetween(2, 8);
         final int branchToRetain = randomIntBetween(1, branchCount);
 
         StringBuilder forkCmd = new StringBuilder(" | FORK ");