diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheCleanupIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheCleanupIT.java
index 6f698c5816278..988ea99130b13 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheCleanupIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheCleanupIT.java
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 @OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0, supportsDedicatedMasters = false)
 public class IndicesRequestCacheCleanupIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
 
+    private static final long MAX_ITERATIONS = 5;
+
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
         return Arrays.asList(InternalSettingsPlugin.class);
@@ -74,23 +76,7 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
     public void testCacheWithInvalidation() throws Exception {
         Client client = client();
         String index = "index";
-        assertAcked(
-            client.admin()
-                .indices()
-                .prepareCreate(index)
-                .setMapping("k", "type=keyword")
-                .setSettings(
-                    Settings.builder()
-                        .put(IndicesRequestCache.INDEX_CACHE_REQUEST_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), true)
-                        .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
-                        .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0)
-                        .put("index.refresh_interval", -1)
-                        // Disable index refreshing to avoid cache being invalidated mid-test
-                        .put(IndexSettings.INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.timeValueMillis(-1))
-                )
-                .get()
-        );
-        indexRandom(false, client.prepareIndex(index).setSource("k", "hello"));
+        setupIndex(client, index);
         ensureSearchable(index);
         // Force merge the index to ensure there can be no background merges during the subsequent searches that would invalidate the cache
         forceMerge(client, index);
@@ -125,8 +111,8 @@ public void testCacheClearAPIRemovesStaleKeysWhenStalenessThresholdIsLow() throw
                 .put(IndicesRequestCache.INDICES_REQUEST_CACHE_CLEANUP_STALENESS_THRESHOLD_SETTING_KEY, 0.10)
                 .put(
                     IndicesRequestCache.INDICES_REQUEST_CACHE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_SETTING_KEY,
-                    // setting intentionally high to avoid cache cleaner interfering
-                    TimeValue.timeValueMillis(300)
+                    // Set interval much larger than test timeout to effectively disable it
+                    TimeValue.timeValueDays(1)
                 )
         );
         Client client = client(node);
@@ -210,7 +196,7 @@ public void testStaleKeysCleanupWithLowThreshold() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes());
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         // sleep until cache cleaner would have cleaned up the stale key from index 2
     }
 
@@ -260,7 +246,7 @@ public void testCacheCleanupOnEqualStalenessAndThreshold() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes());
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // when staleness threshold is higher than staleness, it should NOT clean the cache
@@ -308,7 +294,7 @@ public void testCacheCleanupSkipsWithHighStalenessThreshold() throws Exception {
             assertTrue(getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes() > 0);
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // when staleness threshold is explicitly set to 0, cache cleaner regularly cleans up stale keys.
@@ -356,7 +342,7 @@ public void testCacheCleanupOnZeroStalenessThreshold() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes());
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // when staleness threshold is not explicitly set, cache cleaner regularly cleans up stale keys
@@ -403,7 +389,7 @@ public void testStaleKeysRemovalWithoutExplicitThreshold() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes());
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // when cache cleaner interval setting is not set, cache cleaner is configured appropriately with the fall-back setting
@@ -447,7 +433,7 @@ public void testCacheCleanupWithDefaultSettings() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes());
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // staleness threshold updates flows through to the cache cleaner
@@ -490,7 +476,7 @@ public void testDynamicStalenessThresholdUpdate() throws Exception {
         assertBusy(() -> {
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned up the stale key from index 2
             assertTrue(getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes() > 0);
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
         // Update indices.requests.cache.cleanup.staleness_threshold to "10%"
         ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest updateSettingsRequest = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest();
@@ -505,7 +491,7 @@ public void testDynamicStalenessThresholdUpdate() throws Exception {
             assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index2).getMemorySizeInBytes());
             // cache cleaner should NOT have cleaned from index 1
             assertEquals(finalMemorySizeForIndex1, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // staleness threshold dynamic updates should throw exceptions on invalid input
@@ -557,7 +543,7 @@ public void testCacheClearanceAfterIndexClosure() throws Exception {
         assertBusy(() -> {
             // cache cleaner should have cleaned up the stale keys from index
             assertEquals(0, getNodeCacheStats(client).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // deleting the Index after caching will clean up from Indices Request Cache
@@ -598,7 +584,7 @@ public void testCacheCleanupAfterIndexDeletion() throws Exception {
         assertBusy(() -> {
             // cache cleaner should have cleaned up the stale keys from index
             assertEquals(0, getNodeCacheStats(client).getMemorySizeInBytes());
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     // when staleness threshold is lower than staleness, it should clean the cache from all indices having stale keys
@@ -645,7 +631,7 @@ public void testStaleKeysCleanupWithMultipleIndices() throws Exception {
         // Assert cache is cleared up
         assertBusy(
             () -> { assertEquals(0, getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes()); },
-            cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2,
+            cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS,
             TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
         );
 
@@ -667,7 +653,7 @@ public void testStaleKeysCleanupWithMultipleIndices() throws Exception {
             long currentMemorySizeInBytesForIndex1 = getRequestCacheStats(client, index1).getMemorySizeInBytes();
             // assert the memory size of index1 to only contain 1 entry added after flushAndRefresh
             assertEquals(memorySizeForIndex1With1Entries, currentMemorySizeInBytesForIndex1);
-        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, cacheCleanIntervalInMillis * MAX_ITERATIONS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
     private void setupIndex(Client client, String index) throws Exception {