diff --git a/src/governance.cpp b/src/governance.cpp
index 13251b8a13..242f965cb8 100644
--- a/src/governance.cpp
+++ b/src/governance.cpp
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ void CGovernanceObject::UpdateSentinelVariables(const CBlockIndex *pCurrentBlock
     // CALCULATE THE MINUMUM VOTE COUNT REQUIRED FOR FULL SIGNAL
 
     // todo - 12.1 - should be set to `10` after governance vote compression is implemented
-    int nAbsVoteReq = max(1, nMnCount / 10);
+    int nAbsVoteReq = max(Params().GetConsensus().nMinGovernanceQuorum, nMnCount / 10);
     // todo - 12.1 - Temporarily set to 1 for testing - reverted
     //nAbsVoteReq = 1;