diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/config/TestDstu3Config.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/config/TestDstu3Config.java
index 3a2e97ed30b..0a29df52c1c 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/config/TestDstu3Config.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/config/TestDstu3Config.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class TestDstu3Config extends BaseJavaConfigDstu3 {
 		 * and catch any potential deadlocks caused by database connection
 		 * starvation
 		 */
-		int maxThreads = (int)(Math.random() * 6) + 1;
+		int maxThreads = (int)(Math.random() * 6) + 2;
 		retVal.setMaxTotal(maxThreads);
 
 		DataSource dataSource = ProxyDataSourceBuilder