diff --git a/storage_controller/src/background_node_operations.rs b/storage_controller/src/background_node_operations.rs
index 74b7e7c84955..6f1355eb6848 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/background_node_operations.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/background_node_operations.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, fmt::Debug, fmt::Display};
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use utils::id::NodeId;
 
-pub(crate) const MAX_RECONCILES_PER_OPERATION: usize = 10;
+pub(crate) const MAX_RECONCILES_PER_OPERATION: usize = 32;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct Drain {
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py b/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
index 9cc13ecfdbca..139a100872fb 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ def test_background_operation_cancellation(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
     env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
     env.start()
 
-    tenant_count = 5
+    tenant_count = 10
     shard_count_per_tenant = 8
     tenant_ids = []