diff --git a/tests/test_streamline__complete_decoded_instructions_2__missing.sql b/tests/test_streamline__complete_decoded_instructions_2__missing.sql
index b6536df8..53cac66b 100644
--- a/tests/test_streamline__complete_decoded_instructions_2__missing.sql
+++ b/tests/test_streamline__complete_decoded_instructions_2__missing.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FROM
     {{ target.database }}.bronze.streamline_decoded_instructions_2
 WHERE
     _partition_by_created_date_hour >= dateadd('hour',-3,date_trunc('hour',current_timestamp())) 
-    AND _partition_by_created_date_hour <dateadd('hour',-2, date_trunc('hour',current_timestamp()))
+    AND _partition_by_created_date_hour < dateadd('hour',-2, date_trunc('hour',current_timestamp()))
 EXCEPT
 SELECT
     complete_decoded_instructions_2_id
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ FROM
     {{ ref('streamline__complete_decoded_instructions_2') }}
 WHERE
     _inserted_timestamp >= dateadd('hour',-3,date_trunc('hour',current_timestamp()))
-    AND _inserted_timestamp < dateadd('hour',-2, date_trunc('hour',current_timestamp()))
+    -- seeing situations where _inserted_timestamp hour != _partition_by_created_date_hour when files are written right at XX:00:00.000
+    AND _inserted_timestamp <= dateadd('hour',-2, date_trunc('hour',current_timestamp()))