diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index bf4decf9f97ae8..f716f1075bcb3e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ def test_glob_long_symlink(self):
         self.assertEqual(sorted(base.glob('**/*')), [bad_link])
 
     def test_glob_above_recursion_limit(self):
-        recursion_limit = 40
+        recursion_limit = 50
         # directory_depth > recursion_limit
         directory_depth = recursion_limit + 10
         base = pathlib.Path(os_helper.TESTFN, 'deep')