diff --git a/data/helpers.d/string b/data/helpers.d/string
index f708b31b1..0ffb1dcda 100644
--- a/data/helpers.d/string
+++ b/data/helpers.d/string
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # usage: ynh_string_random [length]
 # | arg: length - the string length to generate (default: 24)
 ynh_string_random() {
-    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=200 2> /dev/null \
+    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1000 2> /dev/null \
       | tr -c -d 'A-Za-z0-9' \
       | sed -n 's/\(.\{'"${1:-24}"'\}\).*/\1/p'
 }