diff --git a/tests/io/json_tests.cpp b/tests/io/json_tests.cpp
index e06f51b..3bc16d8 100644
--- a/tests/io/json_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/io/json_tests.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(recursion_test)
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rethrow_test)
 {
    fc::variants biggie;
-   for( int i = 0; i < 250; i++ )
+   for( int i = 0; i < 1010; i++ )
    {
       fc::variant tmp( std::move(biggie) );
       biggie.reserve(1);