diff --git a/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go b/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go
index 7ef2db48..1d85fab4 100644
--- a/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ func TestE1A_NotifyFixtureThirtyAuthzAndRollbackTx_PG(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < nFix; i++ {
 		docID := fmt.Sprintf("e1a30_%s_%d", suffix, i)
 		seedDoc(t, ctx, pool, docID, projectID, userID)
-		env := approvedEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", suffix, i), docID, projectID, int64(i+1))
+		// Each doc is its own aggregate; version must start at 1 (or 0) so the
+		// consumer checkpoint gap rule does not block siblings (version i+1
+		// would only be claimable after head reaches i on the SAME aggregate).
+		env := approvedEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", suffix, i), docID, projectID, 1)
 		appendEnv(t, ctx, pool, env, []string{events.ConsumerNotify})
 		ids = append(ids, env.EventID)
 	}
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ func TestE1A_NotifyFixtureThirtyAuthzAndRollbackTx_PG(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// same-tx rollback: handle+ack then rollback leaves no extra row
-	missingDoc := approvedEnv("missing-"+suffix, "no-such-doc-"+suffix, projectID, 99)
+	missingDoc := approvedEnv("missing-"+suffix, "no-such-doc-"+suffix, projectID, 1)
 	appendEnv(t, ctx, pool, missingDoc, []string{events.ConsumerNotify})
 	if _, err := d.RunOnce(ctx, events.ConsumerNotify); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)