diff --git a/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestDirectoryTaxonomyReader.java b/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestDirectoryTaxonomyReader.java
index 0e79711cb3b..246edff6641 100644
--- a/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestDirectoryTaxonomyReader.java
+++ b/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/taxonomy/directory/TestDirectoryTaxonomyReader.java
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ public class TestDirectoryTaxonomyReader extends FacetTestCase {
                     threadIterations++) {
 
                   // length of the FacetLabel array that we are going to check
-                  int numOfOrdinalsToCheck = random().nextInt(allOrdinals.length);
+                  int numOfOrdinalsToCheck = RandomizedTest.randomIntBetween(1, allOrdinals.length);
                   int[] ordinals = new int[numOfOrdinalsToCheck];
                   FacetLabel[] path = new FacetLabel[numOfOrdinalsToCheck];