  In composite Higgs models light fermionic top partners often play an
important role in obtaining a 126 GeV Higgs mass. The presence of these top
partners implies that coloured vector mesons, or massive gluon partners, most
likely exist. Since the coupling between the top partners and gluon partners
can be large there are then sizeable two-loop contributions to the composite
Higgs mass. We compute the radiative correction to the Higgs mass from a gluon
partner in the minimal composite Higgs model and show that the Higgs mass is in
fact reduced. This allows the top partner masses to be increased, easing the
tension between having a light composite Higgs and heavy top partners.
