diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/DRA/sig-scalability-presubmit-dra-capz.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/DRA/sig-scalability-presubmit-dra-capz.yaml
index 9f081942fecb..9cbb0f032360 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/DRA/sig-scalability-presubmit-dra-capz.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/DRA/sig-scalability-presubmit-dra-capz.yaml
@@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ presubmits:
         - name: WINDOWS_WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT
           value: "0" # Don't create windows workers
         - name: WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT
-          value: "1000"
+          value: "100"
+        - name: EXTRA_NODES
+          value: "900"
         # Based on pull-kubernetes-e2e-gce-100-performance CL2 config
         - name: CL2_ENABLE_DNS_PROGRAMMING
           value: "true"