diff --git a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntCounterMap.java b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntCounterMap.java
index 3f62f017a..1cc62eb07 100644
--- a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntCounterMap.java
+++ b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntCounterMap.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public float loadFactor()
      */
     @DoNotSub public int capacity()
     {
-        return entries.length >> 2;
+        return entries.length >> 1;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntHashMap.java b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntHashMap.java
index 82843b5c0..c19ecead3 100644
--- a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntHashMap.java
+++ b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Int2IntHashMap.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public float loadFactor()
      */
     @DoNotSub public int capacity()
     {
-        return entries.length >> 2;
+        return entries.length >> 1;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Object2ObjectHashMap.java b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Object2ObjectHashMap.java
index 3f4c90688..b010945f3 100644
--- a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Object2ObjectHashMap.java
+++ b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/Object2ObjectHashMap.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public int resizeThreshold()
      */
     public int capacity()
     {
-        return entries.length >> 2;
+        return entries.length >> 1;
     }
 
     /**