diff --git a/modules/python/test/test_facedetect.py b/modules/python/test/test_facedetect.py
index 094659712e..8228ae4a9a 100644
--- a/modules/python/test/test_facedetect.py
+++ b/modules/python/test/test_facedetect.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import cv2
 
 def detect(img, cascade):
-    rects = cascade.detectMultiScale(img, scaleFactor=1.3, minNeighbors=4, minSize=(30, 30),
+    rects = cascade.detectMultiScale(img, scaleFactor=1.3, minNeighbors=2, minSize=(30, 30),
                                      flags=cv2.CASCADE_SCALE_IMAGE)
     if len(rects) == 0:
         return []