diff --git a/test/registration/test_registration.cpp b/test/registration/test_registration.cpp
index 64f5c929854..44a9081825e 100644
--- a/test/registration/test_registration.cpp
+++ b/test/registration/test_registration.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ TEST (PCL, JointIterativeClosestPoint)
   reg.setMaxCorrespondenceDistance (0.25); // Making sure the correspondence distance > the max translation
   // Add a median distance rejector
   pcl::registration::CorrespondenceRejectorMedianDistance::Ptr rej_med (new pcl::registration::CorrespondenceRejectorMedianDistance);
-  rej_med->setMedianFactor (4.0);
+  rej_med->setMedianFactor (8.0);
   reg.addCorrespondenceRejector (rej_med);
   // Also add a SaC rejector
   pcl::registration::CorrespondenceRejectorSampleConsensus<PointXYZ>::Ptr rej_samp (new pcl::registration::CorrespondenceRejectorSampleConsensus<PointXYZ>);