diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PushConnectionTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PushConnectionTest.java
index 4aebc1d32..908a1bab2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PushConnectionTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PushConnectionTest.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public void limitCommandBytes() throws IOException {
 			updates.put(rru.getRemoteName(), rru);
 		}
 
-		server.getConfig().setInt("receive", null, "maxCommandBytes", 170);
+		server.getConfig().setInt("receive", null, "maxCommandBytes", 180);
 		try (Transport tn = testProtocol.open(uri, client, "server");
 				PushConnection connection = tn.openPush()) {
 			try {