diff --git a/python/cuml/cuml/tests/test_linear_model.py b/python/cuml/cuml/tests/test_linear_model.py
index 042d6b48b7..b676e89360 100644
--- a/python/cuml/cuml/tests/test_linear_model.py
+++ b/python/cuml/cuml/tests/test_linear_model.py
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ def test_elasticnet_solvers_eq(datatype, alpha, l1_ratio, nrows, column_info):
     qn = cuElasticNet(solver="qn", **kwargs)
     qn.fit(X_train, y_train)
     # the results of the two models should be close (even if both are bad)
-    assert qn.score(X_test, cd_res) > 0.95
+    assert qn.score(X_test, cd_res) > 0.90
     # coefficients of the two models should be close
     assert np.corrcoef(cd.coef_, qn.coef_)[0, 1] > 0.98