diff --git a/test/e2e/node_scale_test.go b/test/e2e/node_scale_test.go
index 7845c89..c23dda8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node_scale_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node_scale_test.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster scaling", func() {
 				WaitForMachineDeployments:    e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-worker-nodes"),
 			}, result)
 
-			By("Scaling up control planes to 3")
+			By("Scaling up control planes to 6")
 
 			ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, ApplyClusterTemplateAndWaitInput{
 				ClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster scaling", func() {
 					Namespace:                namespace.Name,
 					ClusterName:              clusterName,
 					KubernetesVersion:        e2eConfig.GetVariable(KubernetesVersion),
-					ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64Ptr(3),
+					ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64Ptr(6),
 					WorkerMachineCount:       pointer.Int64Ptr(3),
 				},
 				WaitForClusterIntervals:      e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-cluster"),
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster scaling", func() {
 				WaitForMachineDeployments:    e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-worker-nodes"),
 			}, result)
 
-			By("Scaling down control planes to 1")
+			By("Scaling down control planes to 3")
 
 			ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, ApplyClusterTemplateAndWaitInput{
 				ClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster scaling", func() {
 					Namespace:                namespace.Name,
 					ClusterName:              clusterName,
 					KubernetesVersion:        e2eConfig.GetVariable(KubernetesVersion),
-					ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64Ptr(1),
+					ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64Ptr(3),
 					WorkerMachineCount:       pointer.Int64Ptr(3),
 				},
 				WaitForClusterIntervals:      e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-cluster"),