diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 141f40ac..64018b46 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2.0.6.dev0
  * #1068: Fix a warning from LVM about leaked file descriptors.
  * #1086: Fix for the "spot" check breaking when the "--progress" flag is used.
+ * #1089: Fix for the "spot" check erroring when a checksum command errors.
  * #1091: Fix for the "config generate" action generating invalid configuration when upgrading
    deprecated command hooks.
  * #1093: Fix for the LVM hook erroring when the "--dry-run" flag is used.
diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/check.py b/borgmatic/actions/check.py
index ce4f5aed..055eb672 100644
--- a/borgmatic/actions/check.py
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/check.py
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def collect_spot_check_archive_paths(
     )
 
 
-SAMPLE_PATHS_SUBSET_COUNT = 10000
+SAMPLE_PATHS_SUBSET_COUNT = 5000
 
 
 def compare_spot_check_hashes(