@@ -186,9 +186,21 @@ func (s *DockerCLIPsSuite) TestPsListContainersSize(c *testing.T) {

 	idIndex := strings.Index(lines[0], "CONTAINER ID")

 	foundID := lines[1][idIndex : idIndex+12]

 	assert.Equal(c, foundID, id[:12], fmt.Sprintf("Expected id %s, got %s", id[:12], foundID))

-	expectedSize := units.HumanSize(float64(baseBytes + 2))

-	foundSize := lines[1][sizeIndex:]

-	assert.Assert(c, strings.Contains(foundSize, expectedSize), "Expected size %q, got %q", expectedSize, foundSize)

+	foundSize, _, _ := strings.Cut(strings.TrimSpace(lines[1][sizeIndex:]), " ")

+

+	// With snapshotters the reported usage is the real space occupied on the

+	// filesystem (also includes metadata), so this new file can actually

+	// result in a bigger increase depending on the underlying filesystem (on

+	// ext4 this would be 4096 which is a minimum allocation unit).

+	if testEnv.UsingSnapshotter() {

+		newBytes, err := units.FromHumanSize(foundSize)

+		assert.NilError(c, err)

+		// Check if size increased by at least 2 bytes.

+		assert.Check(c, newBytes >= baseBytes+2)

+	} else {

+		expectedSize := units.HumanSize(float64(baseBytes + 2))

+		assert.Assert(c, strings.Contains(foundSize, expectedSize), "Expected size %q, got %q", expectedSize, foundSize)

+	}

 }

 func (s *DockerCLIPsSuite) TestPsListContainersFilterStatus(c *testing.T) {