diff --git a/gtsam_unstable/slam/tests/testSmartStereoProjectionPoseFactor.cpp b/gtsam_unstable/slam/tests/testSmartStereoProjectionPoseFactor.cpp
index 4cc8e66ff..eac63006d 100644
--- a/gtsam_unstable/slam/tests/testSmartStereoProjectionPoseFactor.cpp
+++ b/gtsam_unstable/slam/tests/testSmartStereoProjectionPoseFactor.cpp
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ TEST( SmartStereoProjectionPoseFactor, HessianWithRotation ) {
   // Hessian is invariant to rotations and translations in the nondegenerate case
   EXPECT(
       assert_equal(hessianFactor->information(),
-          hessianFactorRotTran->information(), 1e-7));
+          hessianFactorRotTran->information(), 1e-6));
 }
 
 /* *************************************************************************/