diff --git a/protocol/provideroptimizer/provider_optimizer_test.go b/protocol/provideroptimizer/provider_optimizer_test.go
index 61e7a9c0e2..fc8427a9dc 100644
--- a/protocol/provideroptimizer/provider_optimizer_test.go
+++ b/protocol/provideroptimizer/provider_optimizer_test.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestProviderOptimizerAvailability(t *testing.T) {
 	time.Sleep(4 * time.Millisecond)
 	results, tierResults := runChooseManyTimesAndReturnResults(t, providerOptimizer, providersGen.providersAddresses, nil, requestCU, requestBlock, 1000)
 	require.Greater(t, tierResults[0], 300, tierResults) // 0.42 chance for top tier due to the algorithm to rebalance chances
-	require.Greater(t, results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex]]+results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex+1]]+results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex+2]], 300)
+	require.Greater(t, results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex]]+results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex+1]]+results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex+2]], 280)
 	require.InDelta(t, results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex]], results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex+1]], 50)
 	results, _ = runChooseManyTimesAndReturnResults(t, providerOptimizer, providersGen.providersAddresses, map[string]struct{}{providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex]: {}}, requestCU, requestBlock, 1000)
 	require.Zero(t, results[providersGen.providersAddresses[skipIndex]])