diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry.py
index c3bf5429ce432..730b8a301831a 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def test_retry_on_socket_timeout(self, **kwargs):
         # Upload a blob that can be downloaded to test read timeout
         service = self._create_storage_service(BlobServiceClient, storage_account_name, storage_account_key)
         container = service.create_container(container_name)
-        container.upload_blob(blob_name, b'a' * 5 * 1025, overwrite=True)
+        container.upload_blob(blob_name, b'a' * 1024 * 1024, overwrite=True)
 
         retry = LinearRetry(backoff=1, random_jitter_range=1)
         retry_transport = RetryRequestTransport(connection_timeout=11, read_timeout=0.000000000001)
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry_async.py
index cc9d96b6f9647..c73b6339b54dc 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_retry_async.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ async def test_retry_on_socket_timeout(self, **kwargs):
         # Upload a blob that can be downloaded to test read timeout
         service = self._create_storage_service(BlobServiceClient, storage_account_name, storage_account_key)
         container = await service.create_container(container_name)
-        await container.upload_blob(blob_name, b'a' * 5 * 1025, overwrite=True)
+        await container.upload_blob(blob_name, b'a' * 1024 * 1024, overwrite=True)
 
         retry = LinearRetry(backoff=1, random_jitter_range=1)
         retry_transport = AiohttpRetryTestTransport(connection_timeout=11, read_timeout=0.000000000001)