diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
index 262965563025..04d9f015530b 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.rpc.PluginRpcRequest;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.number.Fraction;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.number.Percentage;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.util.number.PositiveNumber;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.platform.PlatformDetector;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -846,6 +847,8 @@ public void tomlThatConfiguresEverythingExceptPermissioningToml() throws IOExcep
         tomlResult.getDouble(tomlKey);
       } else if (Percentage.class.isAssignableFrom(optionSpec.type())) {
         tomlResult.getLong(tomlKey);
+      } else if (PositiveNumber.class.isAssignableFrom(optionSpec.type())) {
+        tomlResult.getLong(tomlKey);
       } else {
         tomlResult.getString(tomlKey);
       }
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/MiningOptionsTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/MiningOptionsTest.java
index f28a7b81882e..4b1fdddb53a8 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/MiningOptionsTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/MiningOptionsTest.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public void posBlockCreationMaxTimeOutOfAllowedRange() {
   public void blockTxsSelectionMaxTimeDefaultValue() {
     internalTestSuccess(
         miningParams ->
-            assertThat(miningParams.getBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime())
+            assertThat(miningParams.getNonPoaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime())
                 .isEqualTo(DEFAULT_NON_POA_BLOCK_TXS_SELECTION_MAX_TIME));
   }
 
diff --git a/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml b/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
index c653f3f60fd1..b8dae6c1889f 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
+++ b/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ min-priority-fee=0
 min-block-occupancy-ratio=0.7
 miner-stratum-host="0.0.0.0"
 miner-stratum-port=8008
+block-txs-selection-max-time=5000
+poa-block-txs-selection-max-time=75
 Xminer-remote-sealers-limit=1000
 Xminer-remote-sealers-hashrate-ttl=10
 Xpos-block-creation-max-time=5