diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_sendmany.py b/test/functional/wallet_sendmany.py
index 5751993143..2714667932 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_sendmany.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_sendmany.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def run_test(self):
         self.nodes[0].createwallet("activewallet")
         self.wallet = self.nodes[0].get_wallet_rpc("activewallet")
         self.def_wallet = self.nodes[0].get_wallet_rpc(self.default_wallet_name)
-        self.generate(self.nodes[0], 101)
+        self.generate(self.nodes[0], 2001)
 
         self.test_sffo_repeated_address()