diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp
index c98696fbd..0724cd3e0 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/output_selection.cpp
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ TEST(select_outputs, same_distribution)
   {
     const double diff = (double)output_norm[i] - (double)chain_norm[i];
     double dev = fabs(2.0 * diff / (output_norm[i] + chain_norm[i]));
-    ASSERT_LT(dev, 0.1);
+    ASSERT_LT(dev, 0.15);
     avg_dev += dev;
   }
   avg_dev /= 100;
   MDEBUG("avg_dev: " << avg_dev);
-  ASSERT_LT(avg_dev, 0.015);
+  ASSERT_LT(avg_dev, 0.02);
 }