diff --git a/server/src/domain/person/person.service.spec.ts b/server/src/domain/person/person.service.spec.ts
index 0419fc0561..deb7474e2a 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/person/person.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/person/person.service.spec.ts
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ describe(PersonService.name, () => {
         },
         {
           enabled: true,
-          maxDistance: 0.6,
+          maxDistance: 0.5,
           minScore: 0.7,
           minFaces: 3,
           modelName: 'buffalo_l',
diff --git a/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.core.ts b/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.core.ts
index 1699f7131d..644d5c3cbb 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.core.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.core.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const defaults = Object.freeze<SystemConfig>({
       enabled: true,
       modelName: 'buffalo_l',
       minScore: 0.7,
-      maxDistance: 0.6,
+      maxDistance: 0.5,
       minFaces: 3,
     },
   },
diff --git a/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.service.spec.ts b/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.service.spec.ts
index 7721182152..91c095cb75 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/system-config/system-config.service.spec.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const updatedConfig = Object.freeze<SystemConfig>({
       enabled: true,
       modelName: 'buffalo_l',
       minScore: 0.7,
-      maxDistance: 0.6,
+      maxDistance: 0.5,
       minFaces: 3,
     },
   },