diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/grpc.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/grpc.go
index c68772022..816645791 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/grpc.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/grpc.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	k8s "gvisor.dev/gvisor/test/kubernetes"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/profiling"
@@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ func BuildGRPC(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesContex
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Failed to initialize benchmark recorder: %v", err)
 			}
-			containerDuration, err := benchmetric.GetTimedContainerDuration(ctx, cluster, pod, name)
+			waitDeadlineCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Minute)
+			containerDuration, err := benchmetric.GetTimedContainerDuration(waitDeadlineCtx, cluster, pod, name)
+			cancel()
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Failed to get container duration: %v", err)
 			}
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/nginx.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/nginx.go
index 31bc3af7c..9bf12a22f 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/nginx.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/nginx.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	nginxPort              = 80
-	nginxBenchmarkDuration = 70 * time.Second
+	nginxBenchmarkDuration = 55 * time.Second
 	nginxRequestTimeout    = 3 * time.Second
 	nginxServingDir        = "/tmp/html"
 
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ var (
 	// The test expects that it contains the files to be served at /local,
 	// and will serve files out of `nginxServingDir`.
 	nginxCommand      = []string{"nginx", "-c", "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"}
-	nginxDocKibibytes = []int{1, 10, 100, 10240}
-	threads           = []int{1, 8, 64, 1000}
-	targetQPS         = []int{1, 8, 64, httpbench.InfiniteQPS}
+	nginxDocKibibytes = []int{1, 10240}
+	threads           = []int{1, 8, 1000}
+	targetQPS         = []int{1, 64, httpbench.InfiniteQPS}
 	wantPercentiles   = []int{50, 95, 99}
 )
 
@@ -182,20 +182,6 @@ func BenchmarkNginx(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesC
 				}
 			}
 
-			t.Run("0KiB", func(t *testing.T) {
-				benchmark := &httpbench.HTTPBenchmark{
-					Name:            fmt.Sprintf("nginx/%s/0KiB", test.name),
-					Cluster:         cluster,
-					Namespace:       benchmarkNS,
-					Service:         service,
-					Port:            nginxPort,
-					Path:            "/index.html",
-					Rounds:          rounds,
-					Timeout:         nginxRequestTimeout,
-					WantPercentiles: wantPercentiles,
-				}
-				benchmark.Run(ctx, t)
-			})
 			for _, docKibibytes := range nginxDocKibibytes {
 				t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dKiB", docKibibytes), func(t *testing.T) {
 					benchmark := &httpbench.HTTPBenchmark{
@@ -212,20 +198,6 @@ func BenchmarkNginx(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, k8sCtx k8sctx.KubernetesC
 					benchmark.Run(ctx, t)
 				})
 			}
-			t.Run("HTTP404", func(t *testing.T) {
-				benchmark := &httpbench.HTTPBenchmark{
-					Name:            fmt.Sprintf("nginx/%s/HTTP404", test.name),
-					Cluster:         cluster,
-					Namespace:       benchmarkNS,
-					Service:         service,
-					Port:            nginxPort,
-					Path:            "/404-this-page-does-not-exist.html",
-					Rounds:          rounds,
-					Timeout:         nginxRequestTimeout,
-					WantPercentiles: wantPercentiles,
-				}
-				benchmark.Run(ctx, t)
-			})
 		})
 		if t.Failed() {
 			break
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/postgresql.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/postgresql.go
index 7b3d0ec44..d6b127f2e 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/postgresql.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/postgresql.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	numConnections = []int{1, 2, 6, 16, 32, 64}
+	numConnections = []int{1, 2, 12, 64}
 )
 
 // BenchmarkPostgresPGBench runs a PostgreSQL pgbench test.
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/redis.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/redis.go
index cfe0a8302..73ec1e937 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/redis.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/redis.go
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	numConnections     = []int{1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32}
+	numConnections     = []int{1, 4, 32}
 	latencyPercentiles = []int{50, 95, 99}
-	operations         = []string{"SET", "GET", "MSET", "LPUSH", "LRANGE_500"}
+	operations         = []string{"GET", "MSET", "LRANGE_500"}
 )
 
 // BenchmarkRedis runs the Redis performance benchmark using redis-benchmark.
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go
index 781514300..6642e258a 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/benchmarks/wordpress.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const (
 	mariaDBImage               = "mariadb:10.11.3-jammy"
 	wordpressPort              = 80
 	mariaDBPort                = 3306
-	wordpressBenchmarkDuration = 70 * time.Second
+	wordpressBenchmarkDuration = 55 * time.Second
 	wordpressRequestTimeout    = 10 * time.Second
 	wordpressLoginPage         = "/wp-login.php"
 	mariaDBName                = "wpbench"
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	threads         = []int{1, 8, 64, 1000}
-	targetQPS       = []int{1, 8, 64, httpbench.InfiniteQPS}
+	threads         = []int{1, 8, 1000}
+	targetQPS       = []int{1, 64, httpbench.InfiniteQPS}
 	wantPercentiles = []int{50, 95, 99}
 )