diff --git a/test/metric/metric_validation_util.go b/test/metric/metric_validation_util.go
index 6e78d59a0..b1eba40a6 100644
--- a/test/metric/metric_validation_util.go
+++ b/test/metric/metric_validation_util.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func IsAllValuesGreaterThanOrEqualToExpectedValue(metricName string, values []fl
 		}
 		totalSum += value
 	}
-	metricErrorBound := 0.1
+	metricErrorBound := 0.15
 	metricAverageValue := totalSum / float64(len(values))
 	upperBoundValue := expectedValue * (1 + metricErrorBound)
 	lowerBoundValue := expectedValue * (1 - metricErrorBound)
diff --git a/test/metric_value_benchmark/agent_configs/jmx_tomcat_jvm_config.json b/test/metric_value_benchmark/agent_configs/jmx_tomcat_jvm_config.json
index fc2b09ac2..441023171 100644
--- a/test/metric_value_benchmark/agent_configs/jmx_tomcat_jvm_config.json
+++ b/test/metric_value_benchmark/agent_configs/jmx_tomcat_jvm_config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "agent": {
-    "debug": true
+    "debug": true,
+    "metrics_collection_interval": 60
   },
   "metrics": {
     "namespace": "MetricValueBenchmarkJMXTest",
diff --git a/test/metric_value_benchmark/jmx_tomcat_jvm_test.go b/test/metric_value_benchmark/jmx_tomcat_jvm_test.go
index ad9e2758c..8597c043a 100644
--- a/test/metric_value_benchmark/jmx_tomcat_jvm_test.go
+++ b/test/metric_value_benchmark/jmx_tomcat_jvm_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (t *JMXTomcatJVMTestRunner) GetAgentConfigFileName() string {
 }
 
 func (t *JMXTomcatJVMTestRunner) GetAgentRunDuration() time.Duration {
-	return 2 * time.Minute
+	return 5 * time.Minute
 }
 
 func (t *JMXTomcatJVMTestRunner) SetupBeforeAgentRun() error {
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ func (t *JMXTomcatJVMTestRunner) SetupBeforeAgentRun() error {
 
 	log.Println("set up jvm and tomcat")
 	startJMXCommands := []string{
-		"nohup java -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=2030 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=2030  -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=0.0.0.0  -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=0.0.0.0 -Dserver.port=8090 -Dspring.application.admin.enabled=true -jar jars/spring-boot-web-starter-tomcat.jar > /tmp/spring-boot-web-starter-tomcat-jar.txt 2>&1 &",
+		"nohup java -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=2030 " +
+			"-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false " +
+			"-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=2030 " +
+			"-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=0.0.0.0 " +
+			"-Dserver.port=8090 -Dspring.application.admin.enabled=true " +
+			"-Dserver.tomcat.mbeanregistry.enabled=true -Dmanagement.endpoints.jmx.exposure.include=* " +
+			"-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -verbose:gc " +
+			"-jar jars/spring-boot-web-starter-tomcat.jar > /tmp/spring-boot-web-starter-tomcat-jar.txt 2>&1 &",
 	}
 
 	err = common.RunCommands(startJMXCommands)