diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/ThreadTest.java b/icu4j/main/tests/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/ThreadTest.java
index 7c4b739526..1e0b263268 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/ThreadTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/translit/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/ThreadTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import com.ibm.icu.text.Transliterator;
 
 public class ThreadTest extends TestFmwk {
     private ArrayList<Worker> threads = new ArrayList<Worker>();
-    private int iterationCount = 100000;
+    private int iterationCount = 50000;
     
     @Test
     public void TestThreads()  {