diff --git a/tests/test_sftp.py b/tests/test_sftp.py
index d94379f..4ee46a9 100644
--- a/tests/test_sftp.py
+++ b/tests/test_sftp.py
@@ -955,8 +955,8 @@ class _TestSFTP(_CheckSFTP):
 
         try:
             self._create_file('file')
-            await sftp.chmod('file', 0o4321)
-            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat('file').st_mode), 0o4321)
+            await sftp.chmod('file', 0o1234)
+            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat('file').st_mode), 0o1234)
         finally:
             remove('file')
 
