diff --git a/libs/x-content/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/xcontent/XContentParserTests.java b/libs/x-content/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/xcontent/XContentParserTests.java
index 6e540681a8dca..a1f5f56802c07 100644
--- a/libs/x-content/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/xcontent/XContentParserTests.java
+++ b/libs/x-content/src/test/java/org/opensearch/common/xcontent/XContentParserTests.java
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ public class XContentParserTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
         () -> randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, SmileXContent.DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_LEN),
         /* YAML parser limitation */
         XContentType.YAML,
-        () -> randomRealisticUnicodeOfCodepointLengthBetween(1, YamlXContent.DEFAULT_CODEPOINT_LIMIT)
+        /* limit to 75% of the limit, difficult to get the exact size of the content right */
+        () -> randomRealisticUnicodeOfCodepointLengthBetween(1, (int) (YamlXContent.DEFAULT_CODEPOINT_LIMIT * 0.75))
     );
 
     private static final Map<XContentType, Supplier<String>> OFF_LIMIT_GENERATORS = Map.of(
@@ -178,7 +179,6 @@ public void testString() throws IOException {
 
         final String field = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 5);
         final String value = GENERATORS.get(xContentType).get();
-
         try (XContentBuilder builder = XContentBuilder.builder(xContentType.xContent())) {
             builder.startObject();
             if (randomBoolean()) {