diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-flink/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-flink/docker-compose.yml
index 77da7f68904f39caedcb296e3ffcc9b02f4e6df3..2968b718eb06ade4d42bbe104e214d573881ac14 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-flink/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-flink/docker-compose.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
       NUM_SENSORS: 4
-      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 4
+      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 3
   benchmark-jobmanager:
       image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc4-beam-flink:${THEODOLITE_TAG:-latest}
       #ports:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-samza/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-samza/docker-compose.yml
index 6254a7c9b6953de664aabcf811b8a4e86650ad8c..d236af7d284ebb085c78110feb6001cb28d18290 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-samza/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-beam-samza/docker-compose.yml
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
       NUM_SENSORS: 4
-      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 4
+      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 3
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-flink/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-flink/docker-compose.yml
index e84ab56d02c15948ed02c94ab4aedc890d862f75..24e5acdf94d1ba3d5c2807d172ba054309a2ef4a 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-flink/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-flink/docker-compose.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
       NUM_SENSORS: 4
-      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 4
+      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 3
   benchmark-jobmanager:
     image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc4-flink:${THEODOLITE_TAG:-latest}
     #ports:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-kstreams/docker-compose.yml b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-kstreams/docker-compose.yml
index 87ad661b6a50a3978aa30d151c83df97d16ee6c6..6aaa02990841547edb6059e4e2fbf3b28b50985c 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-kstreams/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc4-kstreams/docker-compose.yml
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ services:
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
       SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: http://schema-registry:8081
       NUM_SENSORS: 4
-      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 4
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+      NUM_NESTED_GROUPS: 3
\ No newline at end of file