diff --git a/src/registrar/fixtures/fixtures_requests.py b/src/registrar/fixtures/fixtures_requests.py
index f8371cc2b..a2a8d72c6 100644
--- a/src/registrar/fixtures/fixtures_requests.py
+++ b/src/registrar/fixtures/fixtures_requests.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class DomainRequestFixture:
     @classmethod
     def _create_domain_requests(cls, users):
         """Creates DomainRequests given a list of users."""
-        total_domain_requests_to_make = 100000
+        total_domain_requests_to_make = 1000
         domain_requests_already_made = DomainRequest.objects.count()
 
         domain_requests_to_create = []