diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MedianAbsoluteDeviationAggregatorTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MedianAbsoluteDeviationAggregatorTests.java
index 5671bb975118b..5e72ded52d99e 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MedianAbsoluteDeviationAggregatorTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/MedianAbsoluteDeviationAggregatorTests.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public void testSomeMatchesSortedNumericDocValues() throws IOException {
             sample.add(point);
             return singleton(new SortedNumericDocValuesField(FIELD_NAME, point));
         }), agg -> {
-            assertThat(agg.getMedianAbsoluteDeviation(), closeToRelative(calculateMAD(sample)));
+            assertThat(agg.getMedianAbsoluteDeviation(), closeToRelative(calculateMAD(sample), 0.2));
             assertTrue(AggregationInspectionHelper.hasValue(agg));
         });
     }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public void testSomeMatchesNumericDocValues() throws IOException {
             sample.add(point);
             return singleton(new NumericDocValuesField(FIELD_NAME, point));
         }), agg -> {
-            assertThat(agg.getMedianAbsoluteDeviation(), closeToRelative(calculateMAD(sample)));
+            assertThat(agg.getMedianAbsoluteDeviation(), closeToRelative(calculateMAD(sample), 0.2));
             assertTrue(AggregationInspectionHelper.hasValue(agg));
         });
     }