diff --git a/cyipopt/tests/unit/test_scipy_ipopt_from_scipy.py b/cyipopt/tests/unit/test_scipy_ipopt_from_scipy.py
index 1913bef..5763887 100644
--- a/cyipopt/tests/unit/test_scipy_ipopt_from_scipy.py
+++ b/cyipopt/tests/unit/test_scipy_ipopt_from_scipy.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def test_minimize_bounded_approximated(self):
         jacs = [None, False]
         for jac in jacs:
             with np.errstate(invalid='ignore'):
-                res = minimize(self.fun, [-1.0, 1.0], args=(-1.0, ),
+                res = minimize(self.fun, [2.0, 1.0], args=(-1.0, ),
                                jac=jac,
                                bounds=((2.5, None), (None, 0.5)),
                                method=None, options=self.opts)