diff --git a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
index ba52a049b..cd45b62d7 100644
--- a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
+++ b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = _.merge({}, peliasQuery.defaults, {
   'phrase:analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
   'phrase:field': 'phrase.default',
   'phrase:boost': 1,
-  'phrase:slop': 2,
+  'phrase:slop': 3,
 
   'focus:function': 'linear',
   'focus:offset': '0km',
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
index 9018fdab6..eaf01ee69 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
                 'type': 'phrase',
                 'boost': 1,
-                'slop': 2,
+                'slop': 3,
                 'query': 'one two'
               }
             }
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
index 245f64514..8f2edc44f 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
                   'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
                   'type': 'phrase',
                   'boost': 1,
-                  'slop': 2,
+                  'slop': 3,
                   'query': 'one two'
                 }
               }