diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/InnerHitBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/InnerHitBuilderTests.java
index 54d478a7f6aec..db32c251fd3f4 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/InnerHitBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/InnerHitBuilderTests.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public static InnerHitBuilder randomNestedInnerHits() {
     }
     public static InnerHitBuilder randomInnerHits() {
         InnerHitBuilder innerHits = new InnerHitBuilder();
-        innerHits.setName(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(1, 16));
+        innerHits.setName(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 16));
         innerHits.setFrom(randomIntBetween(0, 32));
         innerHits.setSize(randomIntBetween(0, 32));
         innerHits.setExplain(randomBoolean());