diff --git a/__tests__/configuration.test.ts b/__tests__/configuration.test.ts
index 9f58fbf..ba62ed4 100644
--- a/__tests__/configuration.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/configuration.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ it('Configurations are merged correctly', async () => {
 
   expect(expectedStringified).toEqual(
     `{
-  "max_tags_to_fetch": 200,
+  "max_tags_to_fetch": 100,
   "max_pull_requests": 1000,
   "max_back_track_time_days": 1000,
   "exclude_merge_branches": [],
diff --git a/__tests__/releaseNotesBuilder.test.ts b/__tests__/releaseNotesBuilder.test.ts
index 6fb4e40..83bc17a 100644
--- a/__tests__/releaseNotesBuilder.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/releaseNotesBuilder.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN || ''
 const githubRepository = new GithubRepository(token, undefined, '.')
 it('[Github] Should match generated changelog (unspecified fromTag)', async () => {
   const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs/configuration.json'))
+  configuration.max_tags_to_fetch = 300 // we change to load less, but those tests are pretty old releases
   const releaseNotesBuilder = new ReleaseNotesBuilder(
     null,
     githubRepository,