diff --git a/tests/system-test-kind.sh b/tests/system-test-kind.sh
index e84a4b8b..8b8947d2 100755
--- a/tests/system-test-kind.sh
+++ b/tests/system-test-kind.sh
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ if [ "$replicas" -eq 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 
-# Send 500 requests in parallel to stapi backend using openai python client and threading
+# Send 1000 requests in parallel to stapi backend using openai python client and threading
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
-python3 $SCRIPT_DIR/test_openai_embedding.py --requests 500 --model text-embedding-ada-002
+python3 $SCRIPT_DIR/test_openai_embedding.py --requests 1000 --model text-embedding-ada-002
 
-# Ensure replicas has been scaled up to more than 1 after sending 500 parallel requests
+# Ensure replicas has been scaled up to more than 1 after sending 1000 parallel requests
 replicas=$(kubectl get deployment stapi-minilm-l6-v2 -o jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}')
 if [ "$replicas" -ge 2 ]; then
-  echo "Test passed: Expected 2 or more replicas after sending more than 500 requests, got $replicas"
+  echo "Test passed: Expected 2 or more replicas after sending more than 1000 requests, got $replicas"
   else
-  echo "Test failed: Expected 2 or more replicas after sending more than 500 requests, got $replicas"
+  echo "Test failed: Expected 2 or more replicas after sending more than 1000 requests, got $replicas"
   exit 1
 fi