diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index 34ca80dd7..78dc57972 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
     })
     .map(number => number.div(GWEI_BN).toNumber())
 
-    const percentileNum = percentile(50, lowestPrices)
+    const percentileNum = percentile(65, lowestPrices)
     const percentileNumBn = new BN(percentileNum)
     return '0x' + percentileNumBn.mul(GWEI_BN).toString(16)
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/app/controllers/metamask-controller-test.js b/test/unit/app/controllers/metamask-controller-test.js
index e7a28bedb..17be2c028 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/controllers/metamask-controller-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/controllers/metamask-controller-test.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('MetaMaskController', function () {
       }
 
       const gasPrice = metamaskController.getGasPrice()
-      assert.equal(gasPrice, '0x3b9aca00', 'accurately estimates 50th percentile accepted gas price')
+      assert.equal(gasPrice, '0x174876e800', 'accurately estimates 65th percentile accepted gas price')
 
       metamaskController.recentBlocksController = realRecentBlocksController
     })