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 a7332918f..6f907a25e 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
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ description = "measure random write throughput using fio"
 # within (inclusive)
 checkvar = "[.\"fio\".\"Results random\"] | .[] | .[] | .randwrite.bw | select( . != null )"
 checktype = "mean"
-midval = 1457926.8
+midval = 1166341.44
 minpercent = 20.0
 maxpercent = 20.0