diff --git a/tests/dynamic_test.go b/tests/dynamic_test.go
index 81d8dd75..2daf789d 100644
--- a/tests/dynamic_test.go
+++ b/tests/dynamic_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 	"math"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -114,4 +115,38 @@ var _ = Describe("Dynamic validators addition/removal testing", func() {
 			Expect(blockchain.EnsureConsensusWorking(blockchain.Validators(), 30*time.Second)).Should(BeNil())
 		})
 	})
+
+	It("TFS-02-04 Reduce validator network size below 2F+1", func() {
+		By("Ensure that blocks are generated by validators", func() {
+			waitFor(blockchain.Validators(), func(geth container.Ethereum, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+				Expect(geth.WaitForBlocks(5)).To(BeNil())
+				wg.Done()
+			})
+		})
+
+		By("Reduce validator network size but keep it more than 2F+1", func() {
+			// stop validators [3]
+			stopCandidates := blockchain.Validators()[numberOfValidators-1:]
+			for _, candidates := range stopCandidates {
+				c := candidates.NewIstanbulClient()
+				Expect(c.StopMining(context.Background())).Should(BeNil())
+			}
+		})
+
+		By("Verify number of validators", func() {
+			for _, v := range blockchain.Validators() {
+				client := v.NewIstanbulClient()
+				validators, err := client.GetValidators(context.Background(), nil)
+				Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(len(validators)).Should(BeNumerically("==", numberOfValidators))
+			}
+		})
+
+		By("Ensure that blocks are generated by validators", func() {
+			waitFor(blockchain.Validators()[:numberOfValidators-1], func(geth container.Ethereum, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+				Expect(geth.WaitForBlocks(5)).To(BeNil())
+				wg.Done()
+			})
+		})
+	})
 })