diff --git a/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs b/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs
index 47e62834ee..c2100d2051 100644
--- a/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs
+++ b/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ finalize compute:
         // Reset the validators.
         // Note: We use a smaller committee size to ensure that there is enough supply to allocate to the validators and genesis block transactions.
         let validators =
-            sample_validators::<CurrentNetwork>(Committee::<CurrentNetwork>::MAX_COMMITTEE_SIZE as usize / 4, rng);
+            sample_validators::<CurrentNetwork>(Committee::<CurrentNetwork>::MAX_COMMITTEE_SIZE as usize, rng);
 
         // Construct the committee.
         // Track the allocated amount.
@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@ finalize compute:
             // Note that the first validator is used to execute additional transactions in `VM::genesis_quorum`.
             // Therefore, the balance of the first validator will be different from the expected balance.
             if entry.0 == Plaintext::from_str(&first_validator.to_string()).unwrap() {
-                assert_eq!(entry.1, Value::from_str("249983999894244u64").unwrap());
+                assert_eq!(entry.1, Value::from_str("144991999894244u64").unwrap());
             } else {
                 assert!(expected_account.contains(entry));
             }
diff --git a/synthesizer/src/vm/mod.rs b/synthesizer/src/vm/mod.rs
index 4c68fb2c7b..f8025b2e00 100644
--- a/synthesizer/src/vm/mod.rs
+++ b/synthesizer/src/vm/mod.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ impl<N: Network, C: ConsensusStorage<N>> VM<N, C> {
         // Prepare the locator.
         let locator = ("credits.aleo", "transfer_public_to_private");
         // Prepare the amount for each call to the function.
-        let amount = ledger_committee::MIN_VALIDATOR_STAKE;
+        let amount = public_balances
+            .get(&caller)
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Missing public balance for {caller}"))?
+            .saturating_div(Block::<N>::NUM_GENESIS_TRANSACTIONS.saturating_mul(2) as u64);
         // Prepare the function inputs.
         let inputs = [caller.to_string(), format!("{amount}_u64")];
 
@@ -1001,7 +1004,7 @@ function a:
             // Note: `deployment_transaction_ids` is sorted lexicographically by transaction ID, so the order may change if we update internal methods.
             assert_eq!(
                 deployment_transaction_ids,
-                vec![deployment_3.id(), deployment_4.id(), deployment_1.id(), deployment_2.id()],
+                vec![deployment_1.id(), deployment_4.id(), deployment_3.id(), deployment_2.id()],
                 "Update me if serialization has changed"
             );
         }
diff --git a/synthesizer/tests/expectations/vm/execute_and_finalize/test_rand.out b/synthesizer/tests/expectations/vm/execute_and_finalize/test_rand.out
index 0af538e48d..6380117c04 100644
--- a/synthesizer/tests/expectations/vm/execute_and_finalize/test_rand.out
+++ b/synthesizer/tests/expectations/vm/execute_and_finalize/test_rand.out
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ outputs:
     test_rand.aleo/rand_chacha_check:
       outputs:
       - '{"type":"future","id":"818878742790741579153893179075772445872751227433677932822653185952935999557field","value":"{\n  program_id: test_rand.aleo,\n  function_name: rand_chacha_check,\n  arguments: [\n    1field,\n    true\n  ]\n}"}'
-  speculate: the execution was accepted
+  speculate: the execution was rejected
   add_next_block: succeeded.
 additional:
 - child_outputs: