diff --git a/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.json b/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.json
index 3684f410..6a3eeae5 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.json
+++ b/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.json
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@
           "type": "org.osbuild.ostree.encapsulate",
           "options": {
             "filename": "ostree-container.tar",
-            "max_layers": 1
+            "max_layers": 4
           },
           "inputs": {
             "commit": {
diff --git a/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.mpp.yaml b/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.mpp.yaml
index 3baa1f92..27b24892 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.mpp.yaml
+++ b/test/data/manifests/fedora-ostree-native-container.mpp.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ pipelines:
       - type: org.osbuild.ostree.encapsulate
         options:
           filename: ostree-container.tar
-          max_layers: 1
+          # max_layers < 4 is currently broken (or unsupported)
+          # see https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/issues/4530
+          max_layers: 4
         inputs:
           commit:
             type: org.osbuild.ostree