diff --git a/test/unitvectortest.cc b/test/unitvectortest.cc
index 09e39bd941f1d5536f0612c99877cc8c6456d078..a8ea96927a8e26ce1125923893167cc4447e2d07 100644
--- a/test/unitvectortest.cc
+++ b/test/unitvectortest.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 using namespace Dune;
 
-const double eps = 1e-5;
+const double eps = 1e-4;
 
 template <class TargetSpace>
 double energy(const TargetSpace& a, const TargetSpace& b)