diff --git a/examples/client/client.c b/examples/client/client.c
index 0dda6a076..f1be58e94 100644
--- a/examples/client/client.c
+++ b/examples/client/client.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ THREAD_RETURN WOLFSSL_THREAD client_test(void* args)
 #if defined(WOLFSSL_SNIFFER)
     if (cipherList == NULL) {
         /* don't use EDH, can't sniff tmp keys */
-        if (wolfSSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, "AES256-SHA256") != SSL_SUCCESS) {
+        if (wolfSSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, "AES128-SHA") != SSL_SUCCESS) {
             err_sys("client can't set cipher list 3");
         }
     }
diff --git a/examples/server/server.c b/examples/server/server.c
index a488c8901..f96b04b7c 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.c
+++ b/examples/server/server.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ THREAD_RETURN CYASSL_THREAD server_test(void* args)
 #if defined(CYASSL_SNIFFER)
     /* don't use EDH, can't sniff tmp keys */
     if (cipherList == NULL) {
-        if (SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, "AES256-SHA256") != SSL_SUCCESS)
+        if (SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, "AES128-SHA") != SSL_SUCCESS)
             err_sys("server can't set cipher list 3");
     }
 #endif