diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
index c84aa1d2b9..4860fa2563 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ description = "measure container lifecycle timings"
 # within (inclusive)
 checkvar = ".\"boot-times\".Results | .[] | .\"to-workload\".Result"
 checktype = "mean"
-midval = 0.61
-minpercent = 20.0
-maxpercent = 20.0
+midval = 0.71
+minpercent = 30.0
+maxpercent = 30.0
 
 [[metric]]
 name = "memory-footprint"