diff --git a/scripts/check_coverage_unit_test.sh b/scripts/check_coverage_unit_test.sh
index 2dcdfe61f..ed6bf7ab3 100755
--- a/scripts/check_coverage_unit_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_coverage_unit_test.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ ! -f $COVER_FILE ]; then
 fi
 
 # percentage threshold of code coverage required
-COVERAGE_THRESHOLD=5.0
+COVERAGE_THRESHOLD=10.0
 
 # print current test coverage from report
 current_test_coverage=$(go tool cover -func=$COVER_FILE  | grep -e "total" | awk '{print $3}')