diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf0a160f2..ea8069b29 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ check_0:
 	  | grep -E '$(tests-regexp)'					\
 	  | build_tools/gnu_parallel -j$(J) --plain --joblog=LOG $$eta --gnu '{} >& t/log-{/}'
 
-valgrind-blacklist-regexp = InlineSkipTest.ConcurrentInsert|TransactionTest.DeadlockStress|DBCompactionTest.SuggestCompactRangeNoTwoLevel0Compactions|BackupableDBTest.RateLimiting|DBTest.CloseSpeedup|DBTest.ThreadStatusFlush|DBTest.RateLimitingTest|DBTest.EncodeDecompressedBlockSizeTest|FaultInjectionTest.UninstalledCompaction|HarnessTest.Randomized|ExternalSSTFileTest.CompactDuringAddFileRandom|ExternalSSTFileTest.IngestFileWithGlobalSeqnoRandomized|MySQLStyleTransactionTest.TransactionStressTest
+valgrind-blacklist-regexp = InlineSkipTest.ConcurrentInsert|TransactionStressTest.DeadlockStress|DBCompactionTest.SuggestCompactRangeNoTwoLevel0Compactions|BackupableDBTest.RateLimiting|DBTest.CloseSpeedup|DBTest.ThreadStatusFlush|DBTest.RateLimitingTest|DBTest.EncodeDecompressedBlockSizeTest|FaultInjectionTest.UninstalledCompaction|HarnessTest.Randomized|ExternalSSTFileTest.CompactDuringAddFileRandom|ExternalSSTFileTest.IngestFileWithGlobalSeqnoRandomized|MySQLStyleTransactionTest.TransactionStressTest
 
 .PHONY: valgrind_check_0
 valgrind_check_0:
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h
index 679cd26ff..76032699d 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h
+++ b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class PessimisticTransactionDB : public TransactionDB {
   friend class TransactionTest_DoubleEmptyWrite_Test;
   friend class TransactionTest_DuplicateKeys_Test;
   friend class TransactionTest_PersistentTwoPhaseTransactionTest_Test;
-  friend class TransactionTest_TwoPhaseLongPrepareTest_Test;
+  friend class TransactionStressTest_TwoPhaseLongPrepareTest_Test;
   friend class TransactionTest_TwoPhaseDoubleRecoveryTest_Test;
   friend class TransactionTest_TwoPhaseOutOfOrderDelete_Test;
   friend class WriteUnpreparedTransactionTest_RecoveryRollbackUnprepared_Test;
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
index a4c715578..c911d17cf 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
+++ b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
                       std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_PREPARED),
                       std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_UNPREPARED),
                       std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_UNPREPARED)));
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    DBAsBaseDB, TransactionStressTest,
+    ::testing::Values(std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_COMMITTED),
+                      std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_COMMITTED),
+                      std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_PREPARED),
+                      std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_PREPARED),
+                      std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_UNPREPARED),
+                      std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_UNPREPARED)));
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
     StackableDBAsBaseDB, TransactionTest,
     ::testing::Values(std::make_tuple(true, true, WRITE_COMMITTED),
@@ -60,16 +68,10 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
     MySQLStyleTransactionTest, MySQLStyleTransactionTest,
     ::testing::Values(std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_COMMITTED),
                       std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_COMMITTED),
-                      std::make_tuple(true, false, WRITE_COMMITTED),
-                      std::make_tuple(true, true, WRITE_COMMITTED),
                       std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_PREPARED),
                       std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_PREPARED),
-                      std::make_tuple(true, false, WRITE_PREPARED),
-                      std::make_tuple(true, true, WRITE_PREPARED),
                       std::make_tuple(false, false, WRITE_UNPREPARED),
-                      std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_UNPREPARED),
-                      std::make_tuple(true, false, WRITE_UNPREPARED),
-                      std::make_tuple(true, true, WRITE_UNPREPARED)));
+                      std::make_tuple(false, true, WRITE_UNPREPARED)));
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_VALGRIND_RUN
 
 TEST_P(TransactionTest, DoubleEmptyWrite) {
@@ -604,7 +606,7 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, DeadlockCycleShared) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_P(TransactionTest, DeadlockCycle) {
+TEST_P(TransactionStressTest, DeadlockCycle) {
   WriteOptions write_options;
   ReadOptions read_options;
   TransactionOptions txn_options;
@@ -712,7 +714,7 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, DeadlockCycle) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_P(TransactionTest, DeadlockStress) {
+TEST_P(TransactionStressTest, DeadlockStress) {
   const uint32_t NUM_TXN_THREADS = 10;
   const uint32_t NUM_KEYS = 100;
   const uint32_t NUM_ITERS = 10000;
@@ -1094,7 +1096,7 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, TwoPhaseEmptyWriteTest) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_P(TransactionTest, TwoPhaseExpirationTest) {
+TEST_P(TransactionStressTest, TwoPhaseExpirationTest) {
   Status s;
 
   WriteOptions write_options;
@@ -1413,7 +1415,7 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, DISABLED_TwoPhaseMultiThreadTest) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_P(TransactionTest, TwoPhaseLongPrepareTest) {
+TEST_P(TransactionStressTest, TwoPhaseLongPrepareTest) {
   WriteOptions write_options;
   write_options.sync = true;
   write_options.disableWAL = false;
@@ -4790,7 +4792,7 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, ToggleAutoCompactionTest) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_P(TransactionTest, ExpiredTransactionDataRace1) {
+TEST_P(TransactionStressTest, ExpiredTransactionDataRace1) {
   // In this test, txn1 should succeed committing,
   // as the callback is called after txn1 starts committing.
   rocksdb::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->LoadDependency(
@@ -4959,7 +4961,7 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, MemoryLimitTest) {
 // algorithm. It could detect mistakes in updating the code but it is not
 // necessarily the one acceptable way. If the algorithm is legitimately changed,
 // this unit test should be updated as well.
-TEST_P(TransactionTest, SeqAdvanceTest) {
+TEST_P(TransactionStressTest, SeqAdvanceTest) {
   // TODO(myabandeh): must be test with false before new releases
   const bool short_test = true;
   WriteOptions wopts;
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.h b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.h
index 2d91f5b2e..97d169d88 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.h
+++ b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.h
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ class TransactionTest : public TransactionTestBase,
                             std::get<2>(GetParam())){};
 };
 
+class TransactionStressTest : public TransactionTest {};
+
 class MySQLStyleTransactionTest : public TransactionTest {};
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb