diff --git a/tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py b/tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py
index 581f7099c69c5a691c7cc208dea9119bbed6feab..0a8ad0e68916bc77f25f0cbaec4e08654851dcbc 100644
--- a/tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py
+++ b/tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py
@@ -1863,6 +1863,15 @@ def test_multichannel_binaural_headrotation_refvec_rotating(
     if test_info.config.option.create_ref or test_info.config.option.create_cut:
         pytest.skip("OTR tests only run for smoke test")
 
+    # adjust tolerance for some BASOP cases where abs diff up to 4 is expected
+    atol = 2
+    if out_fmt in ["BINAURAL", "BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB"] and in_fmt in [
+        "5_1_2",
+        "5_1_4",
+        "7_1_4",
+    ]:
+        atol = 4
+
     compare_renderer_args(
         record_property,
         props_to_record,
@@ -1884,6 +1893,7 @@ def test_multichannel_binaural_headrotation_refvec_rotating(
             "frame_size": "5",
         },
         split_comparison=split_comparison,
+        atol=atol,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/renderer_short/utils.py b/tests/renderer_short/utils.py
index 27e58e4ede4ed340d9a8f9c6eaa0203c433dcee5..eb5a1f5bc163cbe812f700e812154ea2d5cc731b 100644
--- a/tests/renderer_short/utils.py
+++ b/tests/renderer_short/utils.py
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ def compare_renderer_args(
     ref_kwargs: Dict,
     cut_kwargs: Dict,
     split_comparison=False,
+    atol=2,
 ):
     out_file_ref = run_renderer(
         record_property,
@@ -520,7 +521,9 @@ def compare_renderer_args(
         split_comparison=split_comparison,
     )
     cut, cut_fs = readfile(out_file_cut)
-    [diff_found, snr, gain_b, max_diff] = check_BE(test_info, ref, ref_fs, cut, cut_fs)
+    [diff_found, snr, gain_b, max_diff] = check_BE(
+        test_info, ref, ref_fs, cut, cut_fs, atol
+    )
     if diff_found:
         pytest.fail(
             f"CuT not BE to REF! SNR : {snr:3.2f} dB, Gain CuT: {gain_b:1.3f}, Max Diff = {int(max_diff)}"