diff --git a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_electron_pileup.sh b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_electron_pileup.sh
index 8323b6dfc749971edce3f4b661e98bf6c2fb8bd8..ed4b0d20ee0296e78a9e26a9ef391b26f19e41e8 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_electron_pileup.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_electron_pileup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # art-type: grid
 # art-input: mc16_13TeV.423000.ParticleGun_single_electron_egammaET.recon.RDO.e3566_s3113_r10470
-# art-input-nfiles: 15
+# art-input-nfiles: 8
 # art-cores: 4
 # art-include: 21.0/Athena
 # art-include: master/Athena
diff --git a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_gamma_pileup.sh b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_gamma_pileup.sh
index 93a8cac12d14c2ed90c0d25bc4a97317ce89b3a3..9c4800f161a8f9897d9230aedb423170ba6cdf76 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_gamma_pileup.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/test_gamma_pileup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # art-type: grid
 # art-input: mc16_13TeV.423001.ParticleGun_single_photon_egammaET.recon.RDO.e3566_s3113_r10470
-# art-input-nfiles: 15
+# art-input-nfiles: 8
 # art-cores: 4
 # art-include: 21.0/Athena
 # art-include: master/Athena