diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0f254cdbcbf..a18a2c3caa9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ Release 0.19.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-1065  Minor logging improvements in the master
    HBASE-1053  bring recent rpc changes down from hadoop
    HBASE-1056  [migration] enable blockcaching on .META. table
+   HBASE-1068  TestCompaction broken on hudson
 
   NEW FEATURES
    HBASE-875   Use MurmurHash instead of JenkinsHash [in bloomfilters]
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompaction.java b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompaction.java
index 3a1a85345e8..d1746366cce 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompaction.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompaction.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class TestCompaction extends HBaseTestCase {
     
     // Set cache flush size to 1MB
     conf.setInt("hbase.hregion.memcache.flush.size", 1024*1024);
-    conf.setInt("hbase.hregion.memcache.block.multiplier", 2);
+    conf.setInt("hbase.hregion.memcache.block.multiplier", 10);
     this.cluster = null;
   }