diff --git a/zebra-network/src/peer_set/candidate_set.rs b/zebra-network/src/peer_set/candidate_set.rs
index d161f78a..b0f8f049 100644
--- a/zebra-network/src/peer_set/candidate_set.rs
+++ b/zebra-network/src/peer_set/candidate_set.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ where
         // existing peers, but we don't make too many because update may be
         // called while the peer set is already loaded.
         let mut responses = FuturesUnordered::new();
-        for _ in 0..2usize {
+        for _ in 0..1usize {
             self.peer_service.ready_and().await?;
             responses.push(self.peer_service.call(Request::Peers));
         }