diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 663bcf789..f73eb4c84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           # GitHub API token to make a commit comment
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # Show alert with commit comment on detecting possible performance regression
-          alert-threshold: '150%'
+          alert-threshold: '1%'
           comment-on-alert: true
           fail-on-alert: true
           alert-comment-cc-users: '@runwasi-committers'