diff --git a/cypress/component/VisualTest.cy.js b/cypress/component/VisualTest.cy.js
index 4ccd4a25..033aceae 100644
--- a/cypress/component/VisualTest.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/component/VisualTest.cy.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-alert, no-console */
-const ERROR_TOLERANCE = 0.00384;
+const ERROR_TOLERANCE = parseFloat(Cypress.env('ERROR_TOLERANCE'));
 // Ref: flatmap-viewer/src/layers/styling.ts
 const STROKE_INTERPOLATION = [
   'interpolate',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('MultiFlatmapVuer Screenshot Comparison', () => {
 
       // Test with saved screenshot from fixture
       cy.get('@viewerCanvas').compareSnapshot('test-canvas').then(comparisonResults => {
-        expect(comparisonResults.percentage, 'Viewer map should match test-canvas.png exactly').to.equal(0);
+        expect(comparisonResults.percentage, 'Viewer map should be almost identical.').to.be.lessThan(ERROR_TOLERANCE);
       });
 
       // NOTE: disable base map comparison for now
diff --git a/src/services/flatmapLoader.js b/src/services/flatmapLoader.js
index ad313219..be341d53 100644
--- a/src/services/flatmapLoader.js
+++ b/src/services/flatmapLoader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * a single source for the flatmap-viewer library import
  */
-import * as flatmap from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@abi-software/flatmap-viewer@4.4.2/+esm';
+import * as flatmap from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@abi-software/flatmap-viewer@4.4.3/+esm';
 
 export default flatmap;