diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPool.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPool.java
index b183fe7c0..e1534a3b2 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPool.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPool.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public static void configureConnectionPool(String projectId, String instanceId)
     settingsBuilder.stubSettings()
         .setTransportChannelProvider(
             EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.defaultGrpcTransportProviderBuilder()
-                .setPoolSize(250)
+                .setPoolSize(10)
                 .build());
 
     BigtableDataSettings settings = settingsBuilder.build();
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPoolTest.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPoolTest.java
index 81288c9dc..c1f3b0377 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPoolTest.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigtable/ConfigureConnectionPoolTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ public void testConfigureConnectionPool() {
     ConfigureConnectionPool.configureConnectionPool(projectId, instanceId);
 
     String output = bout.toString();
-    assertThat(output, CoreMatchers.containsString("Connected with pool size of 250"));
+    assertThat(output, CoreMatchers.containsString("Connected with pool size of 10"));
   }
 }