diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/metrics.rs b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/metrics.rs
index dff1ecdb03a5..827a35daeac7 100644
--- a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/metrics.rs
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/metrics.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mod metrics {
         let total_operations = get_counter(&json, PRISMA_CLIENT_QUERIES_TOTAL);
 
         match runner.connector_version() {
-            Sqlite(_) => assert_eq!(total_queries, 9),
+            Sqlite(_) => assert_eq!(total_queries, 2),
             SqlServer(_) => assert_eq!(total_queries, 17),
             MongoDb(_) => assert_eq!(total_queries, 5),
             CockroachDb(_) => (), // not deterministic