diff --git a/modules/util/acspo_validate.py b/modules/util/acspo_validate.py
index cef0ac0c804a763a27871e9731a2780ced2a88ae..c49feac1993807b5cdaf8f0d1a9324c834e8d2a5 100644
--- a/modules/util/acspo_validate.py
+++ b/modules/util/acspo_validate.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import xarray as xr
 from util.util import get_grid_values_all
 
 
-def acspo_validate(oper_file, cspp_file, rel_tol=0.0, abs_tol=0.01, deg_tol=0.0002, outfile_nc=None):
+def acspo_validate(oper_file, cspp_file, rel_tol=0.0, abs_tol=0.05, deg_tol=0.0002, outfile_nc=None):
 
     h5f_oper = h5py.File(oper_file, 'r')
     h5f_cspp = h5py.File(cspp_file, 'r')