diff --git a/roles/service-request/defaults/main.yml b/roles/service-request/defaults/main.yml
index 23d987da478e6713f585df54f447c711a16d436a..d06caa9d291fb392b6e30ea5d5375746271e15ce 100644
--- a/roles/service-request/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/service-request/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 service_request_enable_submissions: false
+service_request_similarity_threshold: 0.9
 
 # List of available domains by resource type.
 available_domains:
diff --git a/roles/service-request/templates/service-request.conf.j2 b/roles/service-request/templates/service-request.conf.j2
index e3281153a1d10ba6de94e96f167e676175c157cf..b3cd88fc1d59e404c94449c17d332b76f7f1a464 100644
--- a/roles/service-request/templates/service-request.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/service-request/templates/service-request.conf.j2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ GPG_PUBLIC_KEYRING = '/etc/service-request/gpg/pubring.kbx'
 GPG_SECRET_KEY_DIR = '/etc/service-request/gpg/private-keys-v1.d'
 {% endif %}
 
-SIMILAR_REQUESTS_THRESHOLD = 0.97
+SIMILAR_REQUESTS_THRESHOLD = {{ service_request_similarity_threshold }}
 
 REQUEST_LOG = '/var/lib/service-requests/requestlog.jsonl'