diff --git a/backend/documents_parser/tests/fixtures/pashub_accuracy/manifest.json b/backend/documents_parser/tests/fixtures/pashub_accuracy/manifest.json
index a5984529e..7db88f559 100644
--- a/backend/documents_parser/tests/fixtures/pashub_accuracy/manifest.json
+++ b/backend/documents_parser/tests/fixtures/pashub_accuracy/manifest.json
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@
     {
       "deal_id": "499584755922",
       "uprn": null,
-      "pre_sap_raw": "D67",
-      "pre_sap_score": 67,
+      "pre_sap_raw": "F33",
+      "pre_sap_score": 33,
       "pdf": "499584755922.pdf"
     },
     {
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@
     {
       "deal_id": "499617935574",
       "uprn": null,
-      "pre_sap_raw": "E53",
-      "pre_sap_score": 53,
+      "pre_sap_raw": "E43",
+      "pre_sap_score": 43,
       "pdf": "499617935574.pdf"
     },
     {
@@ -1439,4 +1439,4 @@
       "pdf": "507693673709.pdf"
     }
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_pashub_sap_accuracy.py b/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_pashub_sap_accuracy.py
index 4cbcbfe26..e84f3d037 100644
--- a/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_pashub_sap_accuracy.py
+++ b/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_pashub_sap_accuracy.py
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ _MIN_WITHIN_HALF: float = 0.18
 # the surveyed roof insulation + stud-wall commons, and community heating
 # lodging Table 4a code 301 + Table 12 fuel 51 (507644414148 computes on the
 # heat-network branch). Observed MAE 1.684.
-_MAX_SAP_MAE: float = 1.70
+# Ratcheted 1.70 -> 1.56 after Khalim manually verified 4 suspect pre_sap
+# values in pashub (2026-07-14): 9 Council Houses CW5 8AP is F33 (manifest had
+# a stale D67 — our 34.0 was right within a point) and Brightholme M11 4WE is
+# the accredited 43 (was pashub's preliminary 53). 58 Hackle Street D58 and
+# 16 Bingley Close E52 were CONFIRMED correct — our +7.8/+5.7 deviations there
+# are extraction bugs to hunt. Observed MAE 1.551.
+_MAX_SAP_MAE: float = 1.56
 
 _KNOWN_GAP_REASON = (
     "pashub `from_site_notes` mapper does not int-code a main-heating "