diff --git a/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnfd.yaml b/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnfd.yaml
index 73b970f09fc79f765234a668909cedbd4dc515ce..e83eb3ddb9f9f2e3647d942cf06b47678be12d85 100644
--- a/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnfd.yaml
+++ b/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnfd.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ vnfd:
           scale-in-relational-operation: LT
           scale-in-threshold: 10
           scale-out-relational-operation: GT
-          scale-out-threshold: 40
+          scale-out-threshold: 60
           vnf-monitoring-param-ref: vnf_cpu_util
         scaling-type: automatic
         threshold-time: 10