diff --git a/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseWell/simpleCo2InjTutorial_base.xml b/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseWell/simpleCo2InjTutorial_base.xml
index 177c8d978dc..705b4934fb9 100644
--- a/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseWell/simpleCo2InjTutorial_base.xml
+++ b/inputFiles/compositionalMultiphaseWell/simpleCo2InjTutorial_base.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
setNames="{ all }"
objectPath="ElementRegions/reservoir"
fieldName="rockPerm_permeability"
- scale="3e-15"
+ scale="1.5e-15"
functionName="permzFunc"/>