diff --git a/geth-poa/genesis.json b/geth-poa/genesis.json
index 0ec549625dbf..1d40705a8a80 100644
--- a/geth-poa/genesis.json
+++ b/geth-poa/genesis.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "timestamp": "0x6546df6d",
     "extraData": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000d9cd8E5DE6d55f796D980B818D350C0746C25b97788EBABe5c3dD422Ef92Ca6714A69e2eabcE1Ee40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-    "difficulty": "0x3",
+    "difficulty": "0x1",
     "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "alloc": {