diff --git a/vm/src/serde/deserialize_program.rs b/vm/src/serde/deserialize_program.rs
index 052d9ae09c..82771f7552 100644
--- a/vm/src/serde/deserialize_program.rs
+++ b/vm/src/serde/deserialize_program.rs
@@ -1492,8 +1492,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", wasm_bindgen_test)]
     fn test_felt_from_number_with_scientific_notation() {
-        let n = Number::deserialize(serde_json::Value::from(1000000000000000000000000000_u128))
-            .unwrap();
+        let n = Number::deserialize(serde_json::Value::from(1e27)).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(n.to_string(), "1e27".to_owned());
 
         assert_matches!(