diff --git a/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnfd.yaml b/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf/hackfest_basic_metrics_vnfd.yaml
index 5ed09ad4a020c7d15ba136d29ddfc9036d09e683..934746c2993dc50240c0fd503920de0a41f54e0c 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: 60
+          scale-out-threshold: 40
           vnf-monitoring-param-ref: vnf_cpu_util
         scaling-type: automatic
         threshold-time: 10