diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index caa0fd01..2850f257 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_get_local_number_of_trainable_parameters():
     model = torch.nn.Sequential(torch.nn.Linear(10, 5), torch.nn.ReLU(), torch.nn.Linear(5, 2))
 
     # Calculate the expected number of trainable parameters
-    expected_params = sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters() if p.requires_grad)
+    expected_params = 10 * 5 + 5 + 5 * 2 + 2  # weights_1 + bias_1 + weights_2 + bias_2 = 67
 
     # Call the function and check the result
     assert get_local_number_of_trainable_parameters(model) == expected_params
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_get_total_number_of_trainable_parameters():
     model = torch.nn.Sequential(torch.nn.Linear(10, 5), torch.nn.ReLU(), torch.nn.Linear(5, 2))
 
     # Calculate the expected number of trainable parameters
-    expected_params = 10*5 + 5 + 5*2 + 2  # weights_1 + bias_1 + weights_2 + bias_2 = 67
+    expected_params = 10 * 5 + 5 + 5 * 2 + 2  # weights_1 + bias_1 + weights_2 + bias_2 = 67
     world_size = 8
     num_gpus_per_node = 4