diff --git a/tests/test-grad0.c b/tests/test-grad0.c
index aba4b9c20..ef608a01d 100644
--- a/tests/test-grad0.c
+++ b/tests/test-grad0.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
 
                 struct ggml_tensor * f = ggml_sum(ctx0, ggml_sqrt(ctx0, x[0]));
 
-                check_gradient("sqrt", ctx0, x, f, ndims, nargs, 1e-3f, INFINITY, 1e-1f);
+                check_gradient("sqrt", ctx0, x, f, ndims, nargs, 1e-3f, 2e-2f, 1e-1f);
             }
         }