diff --git a/src/sampling/sampledSet/sampledSet/sampledSet.C b/src/sampling/sampledSet/sampledSet/sampledSet.C
index 6167edd46e..00f843d570 100644
--- a/src/sampling/sampledSet/sampledSet/sampledSet.C
+++ b/src/sampling/sampledSet/sampledSet/sampledSet.C
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ License
 
 namespace Foam
 {
-    const scalar sampledSet::tol = 1e-6;
+    const scalar sampledSet::tol = 1e-3;
 
     defineTypeNameAndDebug(sampledSet, 0);
     defineRunTimeSelectionTable(sampledSet, word);