diff --git a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_weakref.py b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_weakref.py
index e47a8975d4..5a4114fbd7 100644
--- a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_weakref.py
+++ b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python.test/src/tests/test_weakref.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2018, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2018, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # The Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def do_hash(item):
 
     # try hard to collect the two objects but avoid infinite loop
     i = 0
-    while not (r1() is None and r3() is None) and i < 10000:
+    while not (r1() is None and r3() is None) and i < 100:
         gc.collect()
         i += 1
 
@@ -293,4 +293,4 @@ def __call__(self):
     a = A(42)
     proxy = weakref.proxy(a)
     assert callable(proxy) is True
-    assert proxy() == 42
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert proxy() == 42