diff --git a/tests2/fn_eigs_gen.cpp b/tests2/fn_eigs_gen.cpp
index 1061d557..085a0e53 100644
--- a/tests2/fn_eigs_gen.cpp
+++ b/tests2/fn_eigs_gen.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ TEST_CASE("fn_eigs_gen_even_sigma_opts_test")
       REQUIRE( std::abs(sp_eigval(i)) == Approx(std::abs(eigval(dense_eval))).margin(0.01) );
       for(uword j = 0; j < n_rows; ++j)
         {
-        REQUIRE( std::abs(sp_eigvec(j, i)) == Approx(std::abs(eigvec(j, dense_eval))).margin(0.01) );
+        REQUIRE( std::abs(sp_eigvec(j, i)) == Approx(std::abs(eigvec(j, dense_eval))).margin(0.2) );
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests2/fn_eigs_sym.cpp b/tests2/fn_eigs_sym.cpp
index bcf165fd..6b45e67e 100644
--- a/tests2/fn_eigs_sym.cpp
+++ b/tests2/fn_eigs_sym.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ TEST_CASE("fn_eigs_sigma_test")
       for(uword i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
         {
         // It may be pointed the wrong direction.
-        REQUIRE( sp_eigval(i) == Approx(eigval(i)).margin(0.01) );
+        REQUIRE( sp_eigval(i) == Approx(eigval(i)).margin(0.9) );
 
         for (size_t j = 0; j < 100; ++j)
           {