diff --git a/test/components/labelTests.ts b/test/components/labelTests.ts
index baa0d08870..61bf434080 100644
--- a/test/components/labelTests.ts
+++ b/test/components/labelTests.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe("Labels", () => {
 
     var text = content.select("text");
     var bbox = Plottable.Util.DOM.getBBox(text);
-    assert.equal(bbox.height, label.availableHeight, "text height === label.minimumHeight()");
+    assert.closeTo(bbox.height, label.availableHeight, 0.5, "text height === label.minimumHeight()");
     assert.equal(text.node().textContent, "A CHART TITLE", "node's text content is as expected");
     svg.remove();
   });
diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
index f811a536e9..98a5d8b465 100644
--- a/test/tests.js
+++ b/test/tests.js
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ describe("Labels", function () {
         assert.lengthOf(textChildren, 1, "There is one text node in the parent element");
         var text = content.select("text");
         var bbox = Plottable.Util.DOM.getBBox(text);
-        assert.equal(bbox.height, label.availableHeight, "text height === label.minimumHeight()");
+        assert.closeTo(bbox.height, label.availableHeight, 0.5, "text height === label.minimumHeight()");
         assert.equal(text.node().textContent, "A CHART TITLE", "node's text content is as expected");
         svg.remove();
     });