diff --git a/quantecon/tests/test_lqcontrol.py b/quantecon/tests/test_lqcontrol.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/quantecon/tests/test_lqcontrol.py
+++ b/quantecon/tests/test_lqcontrol.py
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ class TestLQControl(unittest.TestCase):
 
         x_seq, u_seq, w_seq = lq_mat.compute_sequence(x0)
 
-        assert_allclose(np.sum(u_seq), .95 * np.sum(x0), rtol=1e-4)
-        assert_allclose(x_seq[:, -1], np.zeros_like(x0), rtol=1e-4)
+        assert_allclose(np.sum(u_seq), .95 * np.sum(x0), atol=1e-3)
+        assert_allclose(x_seq[:, -1], np.zeros_like(x0), atol=1e-3)
 
 
     def test_stationary_mat(self):
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ class TestLQControl(unittest.TestCase):
         val_func_lq = np.dot(x0, P).dot(x0)
         val_func_answer = x0[0]**2
 
-        assert_allclose(f_answer, F, rtol=1e-4)
-        assert_allclose(val_func_lq, val_func_answer, rtol=1e-4)
+        assert_allclose(f_answer, F, atol=1e-3)
+        assert_allclose(val_func_lq, val_func_answer, atol=1e-3)
TEST: Lower tolerance on the compute stationary matrices.