diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/CHMUseCasesTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/CHMUseCasesTest.java
index 77d47c658..7aa8f5b0a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/CHMUseCasesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/CHMUseCasesTest.java
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ public class CHMUseCasesTest {
                 new StringBytesReader(), CharSequenceBytesWriter.INSTANCE);
         ChronicleMapBuilder<String, Map<String, String>> builder = ChronicleMapBuilder
                 .of(String.class, (Class<Map<String, String>>) (Class) Map.class)
-                .entries(2)
+                .entries(3)
                 .valueMarshaller(valueMarshaller);
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java
index 5d5ccc781..65f5fda69 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class DefaultValueTest {
                     new ListMarshaller<>(IntegerMarshaller.INSTANCE, IntegerMarshaller.INSTANCE);
             try (ChronicleMap<String, List<Integer>> map = ChronicleMap
                     .of(String.class, (Class<List<Integer>>) ((Class) List.class))
-                    .entries(1)
+                    .entries(3)
                     .valueMarshaller(valueMarshaller)
                     .averageKey("a").averageValue(Arrays.asList(1, 2))
                     .defaultValueProvider(absentEntry ->