diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java
index 502b0be9e78..46c88beeefc 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class IndexAuditTrailTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
             cluster2 = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), numNodes, numNodes, cluster2Name,
                     cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX, getMockPlugins(),
                     useShield ? getClientWrapper() : Function.identity());
-            cluster2.beforeTest(getRandom(), 0.5);
+            cluster2.beforeTest(random(), 0.5);
             remoteClient = cluster2.client();
 
             NodesInfoResponse response = remoteClient.admin().cluster().prepareNodesInfo().execute().actionGet();
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java
index 86ebe3c3568..1f5c0fbefbc 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
         };
         remoteCluster = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), numNodes, numNodes, cluster2Name,
                 cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX, getMockPlugins(), getClientWrapper());
-        remoteCluster.beforeTest(getRandom(), 0.5);
+        remoteCluster.beforeTest(random(), 0.5);
     }
 
     @After
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/http/HttpClientTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/http/HttpClientTests.java
index c4af1c0924c..0afaf192257 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/http/HttpClientTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/http/HttpClientTests.java
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class HttpClientTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testHttpResponseWithAnyStatusCodeCanReturnBody() throws Exception {
         int statusCode = randomFrom(200, 201, 400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 409, 413, 429, 500, 503);
-        String body = RandomStrings.randomAsciiOfLength(getRandom(), 100);
+        String body = RandomStrings.randomAsciiOfLength(random(), 100);
         boolean hasBody = usually();
         MockResponse mockResponse = new MockResponse().setResponseCode(statusCode);
         if (hasBody) {