diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
index 2904fef..a8680ec 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    </property>
    <property>
       <name>mapred.min.split.size</name>
-      <value>8192</value>
+      <value>2048</value>
    </property>
 
 </configuration>