diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_binary.py b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_binary.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_binary.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_binary.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     url = reverse(COL_IRI, args=[deposit_collection.name])
 
     archive = create_arborescence_archive(
-        tmp_path, "archive2", "file2", b"some content in file", up_to_size=500
+        tmp_path, "archive2", "file2", b"some content in file", up_to_size=5000
     )
 
     external_id = "some-external-id"
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_multipart.py b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_multipart.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_multipart.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_collection_post_multipart.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
 
     archive = {
         **sample_archive,
-        "data": sample_archive["data"] * 8,
+        "data": sample_archive["data"] * 100,
     }
     data_atom_entry = atom_dataset["entry-data-deposit-binary"]
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_service_document.py b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_service_document.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_service_document.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/api/test_service_document.py
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
     </workspace>
 </service>
 """
-        % (500, username, username, username, username)
+        % (5000, username, username, username, username)
     )  # noqa
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 @pytest.fixture
 def common_deposit_config(swh_scheduler_config, swh_storage_backend_config):
     return {
-        "max_upload_size": 500,
+        "max_upload_size": 5000,
         "extraction_dir": "/tmp/swh-deposit/test/extraction-dir",
         "checks": False,
         "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config,},