diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e0391e2..f9464ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Quality Gate - Test coverage shall be above threshold
       env:
-        TESTCOVERAGE_THRESHOLD: 70
+        TESTCOVERAGE_THRESHOLD: 65
       run: |
         echo "Quality Gate: checking test coverage is above threshold ..."
         echo "Threshold             : $TESTCOVERAGE_THRESHOLD %"