diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/e2e_topic_recovery_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/e2e_topic_recovery_test.py
index 8ba41013f4c8..45ee6e9191ef 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/e2e_topic_recovery_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/e2e_topic_recovery_test.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def _restore_topic(self, topic_spec, overrides={}):
         rpk.describe_topic_configs(topic)
 
     @cluster(num_nodes=4)
-    @matrix(message_size=[10000],
+    @matrix(message_size=[5000],
             num_messages=[100000],
             recovery_overrides=[{}, {
                 'retention.bytes': 1024
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def s3_has_all_data():
 
         time.sleep(10)
         wait_until(s3_has_all_data,
-                   timeout_sec=300,
+                   timeout_sec=600,
                    backoff_sec=5,
                    err_msg=f"Not all data is uploaded to S3 bucket")