diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03236_squashing_high_memory.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03236_squashing_high_memory.sql
index 523281fb74a..98b33b80e9f 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03236_squashing_high_memory.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03236_squashing_high_memory.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS id_values;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_table;
 
 CREATE TABLE id_values ENGINE MergeTree ORDER BY id1 AS
-    SELECT arrayJoin(range(1000000)) AS id1, arrayJoin(range(1000)) AS id2;
+    SELECT arrayJoin(range(500000)) AS id1, arrayJoin(range(1000)) AS id2;
 
 SET max_memory_usage = 1G;