diff --git a/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseFlow/deadoil_2ph_staircase_gravity_segregation_3d.xml b/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseFlow/deadoil_2ph_staircase_gravity_segregation_3d.xml
index 96cd5adefb..de5f6ae2f4 100644
--- a/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseFlow/deadoil_2ph_staircase_gravity_segregation_3d.xml
+++ b/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseFlow/deadoil_2ph_staircase_gravity_segregation_3d.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       temperature="300">
       <NonlinearSolverParameters
         newtonTol="1.0e-9"
-        newtonMaxIter="10"/>
+        newtonMaxIter="15"/>
       <LinearSolverParameters
         directParallel="0"/>
     </CompositionalMultiphaseFVM>