diff --git a/tests/functional/lifecycle/LifecycleTask.js b/tests/functional/lifecycle/LifecycleTask.js
index a861d1266..c4755b809 100644
--- a/tests/functional/lifecycle/LifecycleTask.js
+++ b/tests/functional/lifecycle/LifecycleTask.js
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ describe('lifecycle task functional tests', function dF() {
                 },
                 expected: {
                     objects: ['src/obj-2'],
-                    bucketCount: 5,
+                    bucketCount: 6,
                     objectCount: 1,
                 },
             },