diff --git a/include/xrpl/shamap/detail/TaggedPointer.ipp b/include/xrpl/shamap/detail/TaggedPointer.ipp
index f3bd561e06..05181c3c75 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/shamap/detail/TaggedPointer.ipp
+++ b/include/xrpl/shamap/detail/TaggedPointer.ipp
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ namespace {
 // element must be the number of children in a dense array.
 constexpr std::array<std::uint8_t, 4> boundaries{
     2,
-    4,
-    6,
+    3,
+    5,
     SHAMapInnerNode::branchFactor};
 static_assert(
     boundaries.size() <= 4,