diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d338a420..d2f17e51 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: tidybulk
 Title: Brings transcriptomics to the tidyverse 
-Version: 1.17.6
+Version: 1.17.7
 Authors@R: c(person("Stefano", "Mangiola", email = "mangiolastefano@gmail.com",
                   role = c("aut", "cre")),
             person("Maria", "Doyle", email = "Maria.Doyle@petermac.org",
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-bulk_methods.R b/tests/testthat/test-bulk_methods.R
index ef49695b..ecfd78ce 100755
--- a/tests/testthat/test-bulk_methods.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-bulk_methods.R
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ test_that("Add reduced dimensions UMAP - no object",{
   res |>
     pull(UMAP1) |>
     magrittr::extract2(1) |>
-    expect_equal(-2.12, tolerance = 0.01)
+    expect_equal(-2.12, tolerance = 0.3) # this because of Linux (openEuler 22.03 LTS-SP1) / aarch64
 
   expect_equal(ncol(res), 8)