diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-56-testbloat.service b/test/units/testsuite-56-testbloat.service
index 40cf5a9f36..6163aae1db 100644
--- a/test/units/testsuite-56-testbloat.service
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-56-testbloat.service
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Description=Create a lot of memory pressure
 
 [Service]
-# A very small memory.high will cause the script (trying to use a lot of memory)
-# to throttle and be put under heavy pressure
-MemoryHigh=2M
+# A VERY small memory.high will cause the script (trying to use a lot of memory)
+# to throttle and be put under heavy pressure.
+MemoryHigh=1M
 Slice=testsuite-56-workload.slice
 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/tests/testdata/units/testsuite-56-slowgrowth.sh
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-56-workload.slice b/test/units/testsuite-56-workload.slice
index 3d542ec2ba..45b04914c6 100644
--- a/test/units/testsuite-56-workload.slice
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-56-workload.slice
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ MemoryAccounting=true
 IOAccounting=true
 TasksAccounting=true
 ManagedOOMMemoryPressure=kill
-ManagedOOMMemoryPressureLimitPercent=50%
+ManagedOOMMemoryPressureLimitPercent=1%
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-56.sh b/test/units/testsuite-56.sh
index 37d62d943c..1846248855 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-56.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-56.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ systemctl start testsuite-56-testchill.service
 
 # Verify systemd-oomd is monitoring the expected units
 oomctl | grep "/testsuite-56-workload.slice"
-oomctl | grep "50%"
+oomctl | grep "1%"
 
 # systemd-oomd watches for elevated pressure for 30 seconds before acting.
 # It can take time to build up pressure so either wait 5 minutes or for the service to fail.