diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
index 91fe5a10f813..a0ec695069b6 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ def test_hist_step_empty():
     ax = plt.gca()
     ax.hist([], histtype='step')
 
-@image_comparison(baseline_images=['hist_steplog'], remove_text=True, tol=0.05)
+@image_comparison(baseline_images=['hist_steplog'], remove_text=True, tol=0.1)
 def test_hist_steplog():
     np.random.seed(0)
     data = np.random.standard_normal(2000)