diff --git a/sw/blas/gemm/src/main.c b/sw/blas/gemm/src/main.c
index 770e05ce3..4908ead95 100644
--- a/sw/blas/gemm/src/main.c
+++ b/sw/blas/gemm/src/main.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int main() {
                         break;
                     case FP16:
                         if (fabs(result[idx] - ((__fp16 *)local_c)[idx]) <
-                            0.001)
+                            0.065)
                             errors--;
                         break;
                     case FP8: