diff --git a/src/systemcmds/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/systemcmds/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e9cb903477..8fc1ea5451 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/systemcmds/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ endif()
 px4_add_module(
 	MODULE systemcmds__tests
 	MAIN tests
-	STACK 60000
+	STACK 8000
 	COMPILE_FLAGS
 		-Wframe-larger-than=6000
 		-Wno-float-equal