diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/show.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/show.py
index 3e176fe251..b284605a0e 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/show.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/show.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         self.perf_param = ['apps','connections','consumers','queries','transactions']
         self.perf_param_list = ['apps','connections','consumers','queries','trans']
         self.dbname = "db"
-        self.vgroups = 10
+        self.vgroups = 4
         self.stbname = f'`{tdCom.getLongName(5)}`'
         self.tbname = f'`{tdCom.getLongName(3)}`'
         self.db_param = {
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/taosdMonitor.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/taosdMonitor.py
index 944ff52d5b..8094c4e0f5 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/taosdMonitor.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/taosdMonitor.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
     def run(self):  # sourcery skip: extract-duplicate-method, remove-redundant-fstring
         tdSql.prepare()
         # time.sleep(2)
-        vgroups = "30"
+        vgroups = "4"
         sql = "create database db3 vgroups " + vgroups
         tdSql.query(sql)
         sql = "create table db3.stb (ts timestamp, f int) tags (t int)"
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/telemetry.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/telemetry.py
index c62e3c2487..3b6cb10509 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/telemetry.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/telemetry.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
     def run(self):  # sourcery skip: extract-duplicate-method, remove-redundant-fstring
         tdSql.prepare()
         # time.sleep(2)
-        vgroups = "8"
+        vgroups = "4"
         sql = "create database db3 vgroups " + vgroups
         tdSql.query(sql)