diff --git a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
index 8f46ce8d..08e33aeb 100644
--- a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
+++ b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = _.merge({}, peliasQuery.defaults, {
 
   'admin:borough:analyzer': 'peliasAdmin',
   'admin:borough:field': 'parent.borough',
-  'admin:borough:boost': 800,
+  'admin:borough:boost': 600,
 
   'popularity:field': 'popularity',
   'popularity:modifier': 'log1p',
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
index a0b07025..7cb51eea 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = {
               'match': {
                 'parent.borough': {
                   'analyzer': 'peliasAdmin',
-                  'boost': 800,
+                  'boost': 600,
                   'query': 'three'
                 }
               }
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js
index 77264f8e..f89e8493 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module.exports = {
               'match': {
                 'parent.borough': {
                   'analyzer': 'peliasAdmin',
-                  'boost': 800,
+                  'boost': 600,
                   'query': 'laird'
                 }
               }