diff --git a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
index a3452c78865..9fa3c32a8fc 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
@@ -861,9 +861,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan submitpackage()
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
         {
             const UniValue raw_transactions = request.params[0].get_array();
-            if (raw_transactions.size() < 1 || raw_transactions.size() > MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT) {
+            if (raw_transactions.size() < 2 || raw_transactions.size() > MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER,
-                                   "Array must contain between 1 and " + ToString(MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT) + " transactions.");
+                                   "Array must contain between 2 and " + ToString(MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT) + " transactions.");
             }
 
             std::vector<CTransactionRef> txns;
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_packages.py b/test/functional/rpc_packages.py
index 76a08171b58..ab679eec9a8 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_packages.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_packages.py
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ class RPCPackagesTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-25, "package topology disallowed", node.submitpackage, chain_hex)
         assert_equal(legacy_pool, node.getrawmempool())
 
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, f"Array must contain between 1 and {MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT} transactions.", node.submitpackage, [])
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-25, "package topology disallowed", node.submitpackage, [chain_hex[0]] * 1)
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, f"Array must contain between 2 and {MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT} transactions.", node.submitpackage, [])
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, f"Array must contain between 2 and {MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT} transactions.", node.submitpackage, [chain_hex[0]] * 1)
         assert_raises_rpc_error(
-            -8, f"Array must contain between 1 and {MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT} transactions.",
+            -8, f"Array must contain between 2 and {MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT} transactions.",
             node.submitpackage, [chain_hex[0]] * (MAX_PACKAGE_COUNT + 1)
         )