diff --git a/activemq-partition/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/partition/PartitionBrokerTest.java b/activemq-partition/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/partition/PartitionBrokerTest.java
index b75c439651..cc406d8cb1 100644
--- a/activemq-partition/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/partition/PartitionBrokerTest.java
+++ b/activemq-partition/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/partition/PartitionBrokerTest.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class PartitionBrokerTest {
     }
 
     protected Connection createConnectionTo(String brokerId) throws IOException, URISyntaxException, JMSException {
-        return createConnectionToUrl("failover://(" + getConnectURL(brokerId) + ")");
+        return createConnectionToUrl("failover://(" + getConnectURL(brokerId) + ")?randomize=false");
     }
 
     private Connection createConnectionToUrl(String url) throws JMSException {