diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go
index f22129d447e8..020974e870f0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ func registerCDC(r registry.Registry) {
 			})
 			ct.runFeedLatencyVerifier(feed, latencyTargets{
 				initialScanLatency: 10 * time.Minute,
-				steadyLatency:      time.Minute,
+				steadyLatency:      3 * time.Minute,
 			})
 			ct.waitForWorkload()
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/latency_verifier.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/latency_verifier.go
index b0ebaee774f1..ae7fa6d429a1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/latency_verifier.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/latency_verifier.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (lv *latencyVerifier) noteHighwater(highwaterTime time.Time) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if lv.targetSteadyLatency == 0 || latency < lv.targetSteadyLatency/2 {
+	if lv.targetSteadyLatency == 0 || latency < lv.targetSteadyLatency {
 		lv.latencyBecameSteady = true
 	}
 	if !lv.latencyBecameSteady {