diff --git a/tests/internal/input_chunk.c b/tests/internal/input_chunk.c
index 4dc916b1256..827957604f9 100644
--- a/tests/internal/input_chunk.c
+++ b/tests/internal/input_chunk.c
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ void flb_test_input_chunk_grouped_release_space_drop_counters(void)
                    "Host", "127.0.0.1",
                    "Port", "1",
                    "retry_limit", "no_retries",
-                   "storage.total_limit_size", "1K",
+                   "storage.total_limit_size", "1M",
                    NULL);
 
     ret = flb_start(ctx);
diff --git a/tests/runtime/out_counter.c b/tests/runtime/out_counter.c
index 72c8f08ad71..29ee334d964 100644
--- a/tests/runtime/out_counter.c
+++ b/tests/runtime/out_counter.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int run_counter_and_capture(const char *payload, size_t payload_size,
         goto restore_stdout;
     }
 
-    flb_service_set(ctx, "Flush", "1", "Grace", "1", "Log_Level", "error", NULL);
+    flb_service_set(ctx, "Flush", "0.2", "Grace", "1", "Log_Level", "error", NULL);
 
     in_ffd = flb_input(ctx, (char *) "lib", NULL);
     if (in_ffd < 0) {