diff --git a/lotus-soup/_compositions/deals-stress-concurrent-natural-k8s.toml b/lotus-soup/_compositions/deals-stress-concurrent-natural-k8s.toml
index d473b487e..18f14407f 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/_compositions/deals-stress-concurrent-natural-k8s.toml
+++ b/lotus-soup/_compositions/deals-stress-concurrent-natural-k8s.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [global]
   plan = "lotus-soup"
   case = "deals-stress"
-  total_instances = 9
+  total_instances = 6
   builder = "docker:go"
   runner = "cluster:k8s"
 
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@
   registry_type="aws"
 
 [global.run.test_params]
-  clients = "6"
+  clients = "3"
   miners = "2"
   genesis_timestamp_offset = "0"
-  balance = "20000000" # These balances will work for maximum 100 nodes, as TotalFilecoin is 2B
-  sectors = "100"
+  balance = "90000000" # These balances will work for maximum 100 nodes, as TotalFilecoin is 2B
+  sectors = "10"
   random_beacon_type = "mock"
+  mining_mode = "natural"
 
 [[groups]]
   id = "bootstrapper"
   [groups.resources]
-    memory = "2048Mi"
+    memory = "512Mi"
     cpu = "100m"
   [groups.instances]
     count = 1
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@
   [groups.run]
     [groups.run.test_params]
       role = "miner"
-      mining_mode = "natural"
 
 [[groups]]
   id = "clients"
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
     memory = "2048Mi"
     cpu = "100m"
   [groups.instances]
-    count = 6
+    count = 3
     percentage = 0.0
   [groups.run]
     [groups.run.test_params]
       role = "client"
-      deals = "5"
+      deals = "3"
       deal_mode = "concurrent"
diff --git a/lotus-soup/deals_stress.go b/lotus-soup/deals_stress.go
index f40940696..616c7c8d9 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/deals_stress.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/deals_stress.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func dealsStress(t *testkit.TestEnvironment) error {
 
 	t.RecordMessage("selected %s as the miner", minerAddr.MinerActorAddr)
 
-	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	time.Sleep(12 * time.Second)
 
 	// prepare a number of concurrent data points
 	deals := t.IntParam("deals")
diff --git a/lotus-soup/testkit/deals.go b/lotus-soup/testkit/deals.go
index 83fa2e77c..5bfba17da 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/testkit/deals.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/testkit/deals.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func StartDeal(ctx context.Context, minerActorAddr address.Address, client api.F
 		},
 		Wallet:            addr,
 		Miner:             minerActorAddr,
-		EpochPrice:        types.NewInt(1000000),
+		EpochPrice:        types.NewInt(1000),
 		MinBlocksDuration: 640000,
 		DealStartEpoch:    200,
 		FastRetrieval:     fastRetrieval,