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 93eadf4f0f..e599ee2657 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
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ description = "measure memory inside the container"
 # within (inclusive)
 checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint-inside-container\".Results | .[] | .memtotal.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
-midval = 4135112.0
-minpercent = 20.0
-maxpercent = 20.0
+midval = 3677280.0
+minpercent = 25.0
+maxpercent = 25.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh b/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh
index 5da73425d5..68d859b4fe 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #  is measured by using /proc/meminfo.
 
 set -e
-set -x
 
 # General env
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
diff --git a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
index 055fe0b9fc..665acd7c9a 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ function run_test_memory_usage() {
 
 	create_symbolic_links
 	bash tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh 20 5
-
-	check_metrics
 }
 
 function run_test_memory_usage_inside_container() {
@@ -129,6 +127,8 @@ function run_test_memory_usage_inside_container() {
 
 	create_symbolic_links
 	bash tests/metrics/density/memory_usage_inside_container.sh 5
+
+	check_metrics
 }
 
 function run_test_blogbench() {