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 98b7bce04a..2ddd94b597 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
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ description = "measure memory usage"
 # within (inclusive)
 checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
-midval = 2435844.00
+midval = 122832.40
 minpercent = 20.0
 maxpercent = 20.0