diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index 2f66c6b80d1436..1bd0fde844a6fe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ def test_deeply_nested_deepcopy(self):
         # This should raise a RecursionError and not crash.
         # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/148801.
         root = cur = ET.Element('s')
-        for _ in range(150_000):
+        for _ in range(500_000):
             cur = ET.SubElement(cur, 'u')
         with support.infinite_recursion():
             with self.assertRaises(RecursionError):