diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheetAutoSizeColumn.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheetAutoSizeColumn.java
index 9685b950b..15acbfca0 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheetAutoSizeColumn.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestSXSSFSheetAutoSizeColumn.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class TestSXSSFSheetAutoSizeColumn {
     //  longCellValue ends up with approx. column width 10_000 (on my machine)
     //  so shortCellValue can be expected to be < 5000 for all fonts
     //  and longCellValue can be expected to be > 5000 for all fonts
-    private static final int COLUMN_WIDTH_THRESHOLD_BETWEEN_SHORT_AND_LONG = 5000;
+    private static final int COLUMN_WIDTH_THRESHOLD_BETWEEN_SHORT_AND_LONG = 4000;
     private static final int MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH = 255*256;
     
     private static final SortedSet<Integer> columns;