diff --git a/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks.rb b/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks.rb
index c588a0a6f7ed3a99eea235ad7ac231100f0131e9..06d4937cc00cd95985f58a4fd2b1d6ee77fb5500 100755
--- a/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks.rb
+++ b/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 class PreMergeChecks
   DEFAULT_API_ENDPOINT                                  = "https://gitlab.com/api/v4"
   MERGE_TRAIN_REF_REGEX                                 = %r{\Arefs/merge-requests/\d+/train\z}
-  PIPELINE_FRESHNESS_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_IN_HOURS         = 8
+  PIPELINE_FRESHNESS_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_IN_HOURS         = 12
   PIPELINE_FRESHNESS_STABLE_BRANCHES_THRESHOLD_IN_HOURS = 72
   PREDICTIVE_PIPELINE_IDENTIFIER                        = 'predictive'
   REQUIRED_TIER_IDENTIFIER                              = 'tier:3'
diff --git a/spec/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks_spec.rb b/spec/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks_spec.rb
index 5267c76a8f41670e431212f51b3a6af1df381207..81993c9bc0b6857c42a15400bb196a75387bd272 100644
--- a/spec/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/scripts/pipeline/pre_merge_checks_spec.rb
@@ -233,15 +233,15 @@ def yield_pipelines(api_method, pipelines)
         end
 
         context 'and it is not fresh enough' do
-          let(:latest_mr_pipeline_created_at) { "2024-05-29T01:30:00 UTC" }
+          let(:latest_mr_pipeline_created_at) { "2024-05-28T21:30:00 UTC" }
 
           it 'returns a failed PreMergeChecksStatus' do
             expect(instance.execute).to be_a(described_class::PreMergeChecksStatus)
             expect(instance.execute).not_to be_success
             expect(instance.execute.message)
               .to include(
-                "Expected latest pipeline (#{latest_mr_pipeline_web_url}) to be created within the last 8 hours " \
-                  "(it was created 8.5 hours ago)!"
+                "Expected latest pipeline (#{latest_mr_pipeline_web_url}) to be created within the last 12 hours " \
+                  "(it was created 12.5 hours ago)!"
               )
           end
         end