diff --git a/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py b/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
index de927aa5fd..a57fbb4afc 100644
--- a/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
+++ b/tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py
@@ -466,13 +466,14 @@ def test_plugin_accelerator_choice(accelerator: Optional[str], plugin: str):
 ])
 @mock.patch('torch.cuda.is_available', return_value=True)
 @mock.patch('torch.cuda.device_count', return_value=2)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("gpus", [1, 2])
 def test_accelerator_choice_multi_node_gpu(
-    mock_is_available, mock_device_count, tmpdir, accelerator: str, plugin: ParallelPlugin
+    mock_is_available, mock_device_count, tmpdir, accelerator: str, plugin: ParallelPlugin, gpus: int
 ):
     trainer = Trainer(
         accelerator=accelerator,
         default_root_dir=tmpdir,
         num_nodes=2,
-        gpus=2,
+        gpus=gpus,
     )
     assert isinstance(trainer.training_type_plugin, plugin)