diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalTDigestPercentilesTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalTDigestPercentilesTests.java
index 4d88f8fecd709..101583f1f37c9 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalTDigestPercentilesTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/metrics/InternalTDigestPercentilesTests.java
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ protected InternalTDigestPercentiles createTestInstance(
         final TDigestState state = new TDigestState(100);
         Arrays.stream(values).forEach(state::add);
 
-        assertEquals(state.centroidCount(), values.length);
+        // the number of centroids is defined as <= the number of samples inserted
+        assertTrue(state.centroidCount() <= values.length);
         return new InternalTDigestPercentiles(name, percents, state, keyed, format, metadata);
     }