diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_metrics_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_metrics_instrumentation.py
index c28391f068..a4db281d30 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_metrics_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_metrics_instrumentation.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ async def test_metrics_concurrent_requests(self):
                 - req2_client_duration_data_point.sum
             ),
             0.0,
-            delta=0.01,
+            delta=0.02,
         )
 
         # Make sure duration is roughly equivalent to expected (req1/slow) should be around 1 second