diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyPipeliningDisabledIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyPipeliningDisabledIntegrationTest.java
index 7372b47d57b..349631588bd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyPipeliningDisabledIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyPipeliningDisabledIntegrationTest.java
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ public class NettyPipeliningDisabledIntegrationTest extends ElasticsearchIntegra
      * checks if all responses are there, but also tests that they are out of order because pipelining is disabled
      */
     private void assertResponsesOutOfOrder(List<String> opaqueIds) {
-        String message = String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Expected returned http message ids to be out of order: %s", opaqueIds);
-        assertThat(opaqueIds, hasItems("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"));
-        assertThat(message, opaqueIds, not(contains("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6")));
+        String message = String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Expected returned http message ids to be in any order of: %s", opaqueIds);
+        assertThat(message, opaqueIds, containsInAnyOrder("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"));
     }
 }