diff --git a/selfdrive/monitoring/driver_monitor.py b/selfdrive/monitoring/driver_monitor.py
index 45379bc25d..266870948c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/monitoring/driver_monitor.py
+++ b/selfdrive/monitoring/driver_monitor.py
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ class DRIVER_MONITOR_SETTINGS():
     self._PARTIAL_FACE_THRESHOLD = 0.765 if TICI else 0.455
     self._EYE_THRESHOLD = 0.25 if TICI else 0.57
     self._SG_THRESHOLD = 0.83
-    self._BLINK_THRESHOLD = 0.46 if TICI else 0.68
-    self._BLINK_THRESHOLD_SLACK = 0.6 if TICI else 0.88
-    self._BLINK_THRESHOLD_STRICT = 0.46 if TICI else 0.68
+    self._BLINK_THRESHOLD = 0.62 if TICI else 0.68
+    self._BLINK_THRESHOLD_SLACK = 0.82 if TICI else 0.88
+    self._BLINK_THRESHOLD_STRICT = 0.62 if TICI else 0.68
     self._PITCH_WEIGHT = 1.175 if TICI else 1.35  # pitch matters a lot more
     self._POSESTD_THRESHOLD = 0.2 if TICI else 0.175
     self._E2E_POSE_THRESHOLD = 0.95 if TICI else 0.9