diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/ExplainDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/ExplainDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java
index 540d9f373b7..ba00e49456f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/ExplainDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/ExplainDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ public class ExplainDataFrameAnalyticsIT extends MlNativeDataFrameAnalyticsInteg
 
         ExplainDataFrameAnalyticsAction.Response explainResponse = explainDataFrame(config);
 
-        assertThat(explainResponse.getMemoryEstimation().getExpectedMemoryWithoutDisk().getKb(), lessThanOrEqualTo(500L));
+        assertThat(explainResponse.getMemoryEstimation().getExpectedMemoryWithoutDisk().getKb(), lessThanOrEqualTo(1024L));
     }
 }