diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd.py
index 261921d7f..ef9c63d96 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd.py
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
 
         # Test case set up: create a repository and a file
         self.cmd(f"--repo={self.repository_location}", "rcreate", RK_ENCRYPTION)
-        self.create_regular_file("testfile", contents=randbytes(5000000))
+        self.create_regular_file("testfile", contents=randbytes(10000000))
         # Archive
         result = self.cmd(f"--repo={self.repository_location}", "create", "--stats", "test_archive", self.input_path)
         chunking_time = extract_chunking_time(result)