diff --git a/tests/smoke.rs b/tests/smoke.rs
index 941eac6dd..d154fc03d 100644
--- a/tests/smoke.rs
+++ b/tests/smoke.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 /// We allow for no change in state across this many consecutive iterations.
 const MAX_STATE_NOT_INCREMENTING: u8 = 1;
 /// We allow for no new transactions across this many consecutive iterations.
-const MAX_TXNS_NOT_INCREMENTING: u8 = 3;
+const MAX_TXNS_NOT_INCREMENTING: u8 = 5;
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
 async fn test_smoke() -> Result<()> {