diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestJMXListener.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestJMXListener.java
index 520294a8c93..4c7f129d795 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestJMXListener.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestJMXListener.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class TestJMXListener {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestJMXListener.class);
   private static HBaseTestingUtility UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
-  private static int connectorPort = 61120;
+  private static int connectorPort = UTIL.randomFreePort();
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setupBeforeClass() throws Exception {