diff --git a/.changeset/late-teachers-greet.md b/.changeset/late-teachers-greet.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61e10ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-teachers-greet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/api': patch
+---
+
+fix: doesExceedThreshold greater than logic
diff --git a/packages/api/src/tasks/__tests__/checkAlerts.test.ts b/packages/api/src/tasks/__tests__/checkAlerts.test.ts
index a3504c2a..06071d03 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/tasks/__tests__/checkAlerts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/tasks/__tests__/checkAlerts.test.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ describe('checkAlerts', () => {
 
   it('doesExceedThreshold', () => {
     expect(doesExceedThreshold(true, 10, 11)).toBe(true);
-    expect(doesExceedThreshold(true, 10, 10)).toBe(true);
-    expect(doesExceedThreshold(false, 10, 9)).toBe(true);
+    expect(doesExceedThreshold(true, 10, 10)).toBe(false);
+    expect(doesExceedThreshold(true, 10, 9)).toBe(false);
+    expect(doesExceedThreshold(false, 10, 11)).toBe(false);
     expect(doesExceedThreshold(false, 10, 10)).toBe(false);
+    expect(doesExceedThreshold(false, 10, 9)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('expandToNestedObject', () => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts b/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts
index 18cb84c2..46b487f2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const doesExceedThreshold = (
   threshold: number,
   value: number,
 ) => {
-  if (isThresholdTypeAbove && value >= threshold) {
+  if (isThresholdTypeAbove && value > threshold) {
     return true;
   } else if (!isThresholdTypeAbove && value < threshold) {
     return true;