diff --git a/selfdrive/car/tests/test_fw_fingerprint.py b/selfdrive/car/tests/test_fw_fingerprint.py
index b90120a1e2..0f52e12625 100755
--- a/selfdrive/car/tests/test_fw_fingerprint.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/tests/test_fw_fingerprint.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class TestFwFingerprintTiming(unittest.TestCase):
           if not len(multi_panda_requests) and num_pandas > 1:
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No multi-panda FW queries")
 
-          avg_time = self._benchmark(brand, num_pandas, 10)
+          avg_time = self._benchmark(brand, num_pandas, 5)
           total_time += avg_time
           self._assert_timing(avg_time, brand_ref_times[num_pandas][brand], tol)
           print(f'{brand=}, {num_pandas=}, {len(config.requests)=}, avg FW query time={avg_time} seconds')