diff --git a/content-repo/gendocs.py b/content-repo/gendocs.py
index 2a7afb5dc..2a7338e55 100755
--- a/content-repo/gendocs.py
+++ b/content-repo/gendocs.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def timestamped_print(*args, **kwargs):
 NO_HTML = '<!-- NOT_HTML_DOC -->'
 YES_HTML = '<!-- HTML_DOC -->'
 BRANCH = os.getenv('HEAD', 'master')
-MAX_FAILURES = int(os.getenv('MAX_FAILURES', 40))  # if we have more than this amount in a single category we fail the build
+MAX_FAILURES = int(os.getenv('MAX_FAILURES', 60))  # if we have more than this amount in a single category we fail the build
 # env vars for faster development
 MAX_FILES = int(os.getenv('MAX_FILES', -1))
 FILE_REGEX = os.getenv('FILE_REGEX')