diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d512225..5734bf0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: atime
 Type: Package
 Title: Asymptotic Timing
-Version: 2024.12.3
+Version: 2024.12.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Toby", "Hocking",
      email="toby.hocking@r-project.org",
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c8a2d71..2e8096b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Changes in version 2024.12.4
+
+- fixes #73, seconds.limit=Inf in test, for CRAN.
+
 Changes in version 2024.12.3
 
 - atime errors if user provides duplicate N values.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-CRAN.R b/tests/testthat/test-CRAN.R
index b77461a..7333446 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-CRAN.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-CRAN.R
@@ -376,11 +376,12 @@ if(requireNamespace("nc")){
 
 if(requireNamespace("ggplot2"))test_that("references for non-NA unit, with NA unit",{
   atime.list <- atime::atime(
+    N=2^seq(0,4),
     missing=data.frame(my_unit=NA),
     constant=data.frame(my_unit=1),
     linear=data.frame(my_unit=N),
     quadratic=data.frame(my_unit=N^2),
-    seconds.limit=0.001,
+    seconds.limit=Inf,
     result=TRUE)
   (atab <- table(atime.list$meas$expr.name))
   ref.list <- atime::references_best(atime.list)