diff --git a/src/commands/start/user_setup/constants.rs b/src/commands/start/user_setup/constants.rs
index 100ee8d7..3258afe2 100644
--- a/src/commands/start/user_setup/constants.rs
+++ b/src/commands/start/user_setup/constants.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ pub const CONTAINER_FP_APPROVE_OPERATOR: &str = "user-fp-approve-operator";
 /// Gas limit for cast send transactions on Filecoin FEVM.
 pub const CAST_GAS_LIMIT: &str = "100000000";
 
-/// 3 USDFC expressed in the token's 18-decimal base unit.
+/// 10 USDFC expressed in the token's 18-decimal base unit.
 ///
-/// Latest filecoin-pin defaults to a two-copy upload path that can require more
-/// than 2 USDFC of locked funds before creating both data sets.
-pub const USDFC_DEPOSIT_AMOUNT: &str = "3000000000000000000";
+/// Covers cumulative lockups when CI scenarios share the pre-funded user.
+pub const USDFC_DEPOSIT_AMOUNT: &str = "10000000000000000000";
 
 /// uint256 max value, used for unlimited operator approval allowances.
 pub const MAX_UINT256: &str =