diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txm/txm.go b/core/chains/evm/txm/txm.go
index 1c0cca07b76..c37099d3783 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txm/txm.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txm/txm.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 	maxInFlightSubset           int           = 3
 	maxAllowedAttempts          uint16        = 10
 	pendingNonceDefaultTimeout  time.Duration = 30 * time.Second
-	pendingNonceRecheckInterval time.Duration = 2 * time.Second
+	pendingNonceRecheckInterval time.Duration = 1 * time.Second
 )
 
 type Client interface {
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txm/txm_test.go b/core/chains/evm/txm/txm_test.go
index 22f700d13e6..fef90f9c344 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txm/txm_test.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txm/txm_test.go
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ func TestLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	keystore := mocks.NewKeystore(t)
 
 	t.Run("retries if initial pending nonce call fails", func(t *testing.T) {
+		lggr, observedLogs := logger.TestObserved(t, zap.DebugLevel)
 		config := Config{BlockTime: 1 * time.Minute}
-		txStore := mocks.NewTxStore(t)
-		txStore.On("FetchUnconfirmedTransactionAtNonceWithCount", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil, 20, nil)
+		txStore := storage.NewInMemoryStoreManager(lggr, testutils.FixtureChainID)
 		keystore.On("EnabledAddressesForChain", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return([]common.Address{address1}, nil).Once()
-		lggr, observedLogs := logger.TestObserved(t, zap.DebugLevel)
 		txm := NewTxm(lggr, testutils.FixtureChainID, client, nil, txStore, nil, config, keystore)
 		client.On("PendingNonceAt", mock.Anything, address1).Return(uint64(0), errors.New("error")).Once()
 		client.On("PendingNonceAt", mock.Anything, address1).Return(uint64(0), nil).Once()