diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/adaptive_executor.out b/src/test/regress/expected/adaptive_executor.out
index 0da6193eb..9d3ec647f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/adaptive_executor.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/adaptive_executor.out
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('test','x');
 INSERT INTO test VALUES (1,2);
 INSERT INTO test VALUES (3,2);
 -- Set a very high slow start to avoid opening parallel connections
-SET citus.executor_slow_start_interval TO '1s';
+SET citus.executor_slow_start_interval TO '60s';
 SET citus.max_adaptive_executor_pool_size TO 2;
 SET citus.task_executor_type TO 'adaptive';
 BEGIN;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/adaptive_executor.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/adaptive_executor.sql
index 3e61abd90..1002fb8f4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/adaptive_executor.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/adaptive_executor.sql
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ INSERT INTO test VALUES (1,2);
 INSERT INTO test VALUES (3,2);
 
 -- Set a very high slow start to avoid opening parallel connections
-SET citus.executor_slow_start_interval TO '1s';
+SET citus.executor_slow_start_interval TO '60s';
 SET citus.max_adaptive_executor_pool_size TO 2;
 SET citus.task_executor_type TO 'adaptive';