diff --git a/tests/morpheus/stages/test_multi_processing_stage.py b/tests/morpheus/stages/test_multi_processing_stage.py
index f88ec3d7d8..da9230dacd 100644
--- a/tests/morpheus/stages/test_multi_processing_stage.py
+++ b/tests/morpheus/stages/test_multi_processing_stage.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def test_created_stage_pipe(config: Config, dataset_pandas: DatasetManager):
     expected_df = input_df.copy()
     expected_df["new_column"] = "Hello"
 
-    df_count = 100
+    df_count = 10
     df_generator = partial(pandas_dataframe_generator, dataset_pandas, df_count)
 
     partial_fn = partial(_process_df, column="new_column", value="Hello")
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_multiple_stages_pipe(config: Config, dataset_pandas: DatasetManager):
     expected_df["new_column_1"] = "new_value"
     expected_df["new_column_2"] = "Hello"
 
-    df_count = 100
+    df_count = 10
     df_generator = partial(pandas_dataframe_generator, dataset_pandas, df_count)
 
     partial_fn = partial(_process_df, column="new_column_1", value="new_value")
diff --git a/tests/morpheus/utils/test_shared_process_pool.py b/tests/morpheus/utils/test_shared_process_pool.py
index 0bca371bb0..7baa4ce1ae 100644
--- a/tests/morpheus/utils/test_shared_process_pool.py
+++ b/tests/morpheus/utils/test_shared_process_pool.py
@@ -149,43 +149,28 @@ def test_submit_single_task(shared_process_pool, a, b, expected):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-def test_submit_task_with_invalid_stage(shared_process_pool):
+def test_submit_invalid_tasks(shared_process_pool):
 
     pool = shared_process_pool
 
+    # submit_task() should raise ValueError if the stage does not exist
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         pool.submit_task("stage_does_not_exist", _add_task, 10, 20)
 
-
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_submit_task_raises_exception(shared_process_pool):
-
-    pool = shared_process_pool
     pool.set_usage("test_stage", 0.5)
 
+    # if the function raises exception, the task can be submitted and the exception will be raised when calling result()
     task = pool.submit_task("test_stage", _function_raises_exception)
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
         task.result()
 
-
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_submit_task_with_unserializable_result(shared_process_pool):
-
-    pool = shared_process_pool
-    pool.set_usage("test_stage", 0.5)
-
+    # if the function returns unserializable result, the task can be submitted and the exception will be raised
+    # when calling result()
     task = pool.submit_task("test_stage", _function_returns_unserializable_result)
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         task.result()
 
-
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_submit_task_with_unserializable_arg(shared_process_pool):
-
-    pool = shared_process_pool
-    pool.set_usage("test_stage", 0.5)
-
-    # Unserializable arguments cannot be submitted to the pool
+    # Function with unserializable arguments cannot be submitted to the pool
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         pool.submit_task("test_stage", _arbitrary_function, threading.Lock())
 
@@ -207,7 +192,7 @@ def test_submit_multiple_tasks(shared_process_pool, a, b, expected):
     pool = shared_process_pool
     pool.set_usage("test_stage", 0.5)
 
-    num_tasks = 100
+    num_tasks = 10
     tasks = []
     for _ in range(num_tasks):
         tasks.append(pool.submit_task("test_stage", _add_task, a, b))