diff --git a/.github/scripts/fuzzer/get-fuzzer-job-json.sh b/.github/scripts/fuzzer/get-fuzzer-job-json.sh
index ad3ac11b5e..973644511d 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/fuzzer/get-fuzzer-job-json.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/fuzzer/get-fuzzer-job-json.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ echo '
               "--bucket=dolt-fuzzer-runs",
               "--region=us-west-2",
               "--version-gate-job",
-              "--fuzzer-args=merge, --cycles=25"
+              "--fuzzer-args=merge, --cycles=5"
             ]
           }
         ],
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-fuzzer.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-fuzzer.yaml
index b1cab35f69..7f69e76ca5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-fuzzer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-fuzzer.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Fuzzer
 on:
   push:
     paths:
-      - 'go/'
+      - 'go/**'
     branches:
       - 'master'