diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BestBucketsDeferringCollectorTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BestBucketsDeferringCollectorTests.java
index 02cd88f16fa..975c1a0d466 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BestBucketsDeferringCollectorTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/BestBucketsDeferringCollectorTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class BestBucketsDeferringCollectorTests extends AggregatorTestCase {
     public void testReplay() throws Exception {
         Directory directory = newDirectory();
         RandomIndexWriter indexWriter = new RandomIndexWriter(random(), directory);
-        int numDocs = randomInt(128);
+        int numDocs = randomIntBetween(1, 128);
         int maxNumValues = randomInt(16);
         for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
             Document document = new Document();