diff --git a/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/steady/params.input b/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/steady/params.input
index d822598cd6075827bc8a6e00692ce8bec534ec8a..b42de15071c000b31aada7e57d5f16d1701748dd 100644
--- a/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/steady/params.input
+++ b/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/steady/params.input
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ LiquidKinematicViscosity = 0.001
 [Newton]
 MaxSteps = 10
 MaxRelativeShift = 1e-5
+SatisfyResidualAndShiftCriterion = true
+EnableAbsoluteResidualCriterion = true
+MaxAbsoluteResidual = 1e-10
 
 [Vtk]
 WriteFaceData = false
diff --git a/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/unsteady/params.input b/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/unsteady/params.input
index f074489dc88df90b6930c64d070239551c37fa8c..0c68c520fd935a2c7a58100a26f22937a446b34f 100644
--- a/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/unsteady/params.input
+++ b/test/freeflow/navierstokes/sincos/unsteady/params.input
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ NumericDifference.BaseEpsilon = 1e-8
 MaxSteps = 10
 TargetSteps = 4
 MaxRelativeShift = 1e-5
+SatisfyResidualAndShiftCriterion = true
+EnableAbsoluteResidualCriterion = true
+MaxAbsoluteResidual = 1e-10
 
 [Vtk]
 WriteFaceData = false