diff --git a/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/librispeech_conformer/workload.py b/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/librispeech_conformer/workload.py
index c8a6d0066..dc7fb912b 100644
--- a/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/librispeech_conformer/workload.py
+++ b/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/librispeech_conformer/workload.py
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ def eval_period_time_sec(self) -> int:
   @property
   def step_hint(self) -> int:
     """Max num steps the baseline algo was given to reach the target."""
-    return 60_000
+    return 80_000