diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-close-socket.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-close-socket.sh
index af1532b4d2da..ec9a51bbf3c9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-close-socket.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-close-socket.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ovpn_run_ping_traffic() {
 
 	for p in $(seq 1 ${OVPN_NUM_PEERS}); do
 		ovpn_cmd_ok "send ping traffic to peer ${p}" \
-			ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 500 -w 3 \
+			ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 100 -w 3 \
 				5.5.5.$((p + 1))
 	done
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-mark.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-mark.sh
index 5a8f47554286..7c1d56e9c525 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-mark.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test-mark.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ovpn_mark_run_baseline_traffic() {
 
 	for p in $(seq 1 3); do
 		ovpn_cmd_ok "send baseline traffic to peer ${p}" \
-			ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 500 -w 3 \
+			ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 100 -w 3 \
 				5.5.5.$((p + 1))
 	done
 }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ovpn_mark_verify_drop_traffic() {
 	local total_count
 
 	for p in $(seq 1 3); do
-		if ping_output=$(ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 500 -w 1 \
+		if ping_output=$(ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 100 -w 1 \
 			5.5.5.$((p + 1)) 2>&1); then
 			printf '%s\n' "expected ping to peer ${p} to fail \
 				after nft drop rule"
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ovpn_mark_verify_traffic_recovery() {
 	sleep 1
 	for p in $(seq 1 3); do
 		ovpn_cmd_ok "send recovery traffic to peer ${p}" \
-			ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 500 -w 3 \
+			ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 100 -w 3 \
 				5.5.5.$((p + 1))
 	done
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test.sh
index c06e3135fbef..9b5610837032 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/test.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ovpn_run_basic_traffic() {
 
 ovpn_run_lan_traffic() {
 	ovpn_cmd_ok "ping LAN behind peer1" \
-		ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 500 -w 3 "${OVPN_LAN_IP}"
+		ip netns exec ovpn_peer0 ping -qfc 100 -w 3 "${OVPN_LAN_IP}"
 }
 
 ovpn_run_float_mode() {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ ovpn_run_float_mode() {
 	for p in $(seq 1 ${OVPN_NUM_PEERS}); do
 		peer_ns="ovpn_peer${p}"
 		ovpn_cmd_ok "ping tunnel after float peer ${p}" \
-			ip netns exec "${peer_ns}" ping -qfc 500 -w 3 5.5.5.1
+			ip netns exec "${peer_ns}" ping -qfc 100 -w 3 5.5.5.1
 	done
 }