diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js
index c1e40431ad4..b01631891b7 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ function createGarbage (count = 50) {
                 userPercent = number
               }
               if (metric === 'runtime.node.cpu.system') {
-                assert(number >= 0 && number <= 1, `${metric} sanity check failed: ${number}`)
+                assert(number >= 0 && number <= 5, `${metric} sanity check failed: ${number}`)
                 systemPercent = number
               }
               if (metric === 'runtime.node.cpu.total') {