diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6d9bc0b9..eda3844b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: run fuzz
         timeout-minutes: 330
         run: |
-          cargo fuzz run fuzz_read -- -timeout=10s -jobs=100 -workers=2 -runs=1000000 -max_len=5000000000 -dict=fuzz/fuzz.dict
+          cargo fuzz run fuzz_read -- -timeout=10s -jobs=100 -workers=2 -runs=500000 -max_len=5000000000 -dict=fuzz/fuzz.dict
       - name: Upload any failure inputs
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz.dict b/fuzz/fuzz.dict
index 5107c743..964321f3 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz.dict
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz.dict
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ compression_method_aes="C\x00"
 " \004\000\000\000\000\302\262\000\000\000\303\256"
 "\302\267\302\240\302\240\302\240\302\240\302\240\302\240\302\240\000\000\000\000"
 "\342\226\221\000\000\000"
+"\374\377@."
 "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
 "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
 "\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF"