diff --git a/pkg/da/data_availability_header_test.go b/pkg/da/data_availability_header_test.go
index 855a04e809..2577919a96 100644
--- a/pkg/da/data_availability_header_test.go
+++ b/pkg/da/data_availability_header_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestNewDataAvailabilityHeader(t *testing.T) {
 			name:         "typical",
 			expectedHash: []byte{0xb5, 0x6e, 0x4d, 0x25, 0x1a, 0xc2, 0x66, 0xf4, 0xb9, 0x1c, 0xc5, 0x46, 0x4b, 0x3f, 0xc7, 0xef, 0xcb, 0xdc, 0x88, 0x80, 0x64, 0x64, 0x74, 0x96, 0xd1, 0x31, 0x33, 0xf0, 0xdc, 0x65, 0xac, 0x25},
 			squareSize:   2,
-			shares:       generateShares(4),
+			shares:       generateShares(2 * 2),
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "max square size",