diff --git a/modules/features2d/test/test_features2d.cpp b/modules/features2d/test/test_features2d.cpp
index af26a1bf1a5bb18029fd64eb0348c29e305401bb..a9cd60164ed1af7ab1bb6c62f89abd3ff97d766d 100644
--- a/modules/features2d/test/test_features2d.cpp
+++ b/modules/features2d/test/test_features2d.cpp
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ TEST( Features2d_DescriptorExtractor_SURF, regression )
 TEST( Features2d_DescriptorExtractor_ORB, regression )
 {
     // TODO adjust the parameters below
-    CV_DescriptorExtractorTest<Hamming> test( "descriptor-orb",  (CV_DescriptorExtractorTest<Hamming>::DistanceType)3.f,
+    CV_DescriptorExtractorTest<Hamming> test( "descriptor-orb",  (CV_DescriptorExtractorTest<Hamming>::DistanceType)12.f,
                                                  DescriptorExtractor::create("ORB"), 0.010f );
     test.safe_run();
 }