diff --git a/test/test_meshmode.py b/test/test_meshmode.py
index 2054ddd0731e761dc4dc80575a3cd4084d5ba50b..c78f29e92429a0326a49ebd198dde77a66d1b80c 100644
--- a/test/test_meshmode.py
+++ b/test/test_meshmode.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def test_boundary_interpolation(actx_factory, group_factory, boundary_tag,
     print(eoc_rec)
     assert (
             eoc_rec.order_estimate() >= order-order_slack
-            or eoc_rec.max_error() < 1.5e-13)
+            or eoc_rec.max_error() < 3e-13)
 
 # }}}