diff --git a/tests/api/gef_session.py b/tests/api/gef_session.py
index b97d759d7..9bde1e277 100644
--- a/tests/api/gef_session.py
+++ b/tests/api/gef_session.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 """
 
 
-from logging import root
-import subprocess
 import os
+import random
+import subprocess
 from tests.utils import (
     TMPDIR,
     gdb_test_python_method,
@@ -13,17 +13,15 @@
     GefUnitTestGeneric,
     gdbserver_session,
     gdb_run_cmd,
-    qemuuser_session
+    qemuuser_session,
+    GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_HOST
 )
 import re
 
-GDBSERVER_PREFERED_HOST = "localhost"
-GDBSERVER_PREFERED_PORT = 1234
 
 class GefSessionApi(GefUnitTestGeneric):
     """`gef.session` test module."""
 
-
     def test_func_get_filepath(self):
         res = gdb_test_python_method("gef.session.file", target=_target("default"))
         self.assertNoException(res)
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ def test_func_auxiliary_vector(self):
         self.assertTrue("'AT_EXECFN':" in res)
         self.assertFalse("'AT_WHATEVER':" in res)
 
-    def test_root_dir(self):
+    def test_root_dir_local(self):
         func = "(s.st_dev, s.st_ino)"
         res = gdb_test_python_method(func, target=_target("default"), before="s=os.stat(gef.session.root)")
         self.assertNoException(res)
@@ -58,20 +56,25 @@ def test_root_dir(self):
         # Check that the `/` directory and the `session.root` directory are the same
         assert (stat_root.st_dev == st_dev) and (stat_root.st_ino == st_ino)
 
-        port = GDBSERVER_PREFERED_PORT + 1
-        before = [f"gef-remote {GDBSERVER_PREFERED_HOST} {port}",
-                   "pi s = os.stat(gef.session.root)"]
-        with gdbserver_session(port=port) as _:
+    def test_root_dir_remote(self):
+        func = "(s.st_dev, s.st_ino)"
+        stat_root = os.stat("/")
+        host = GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_HOST
+        port = random.randint(1025, 65535)
+        before = [f"gef-remote {host} {port}", "pi s=os.stat(gef.session.root)"]
+        with gdbserver_session(port=port):
             res = gdb_run_cmd(f"pi {func}", target=_target("default"), before=before)
             self.assertNoException(res)
             st_dev, st_ino = eval(res.split("\n")[-1])
             assert (stat_root.st_dev == st_dev) and (stat_root.st_ino == st_ino)
 
-        port = GDBSERVER_PREFERED_PORT + 2
-        with qemuuser_session(port=port) as _:
+    def test_root_dir_qemu(self):
+        host = GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_HOST
+        port = random.randint(1025, 65535)
+        with qemuuser_session(port=port):
             target = _target("default")
             before = [
-                f"gef-remote --qemu-user --qemu-binary {target} {GDBSERVER_PREFERED_HOST} {port}"]
+                f"gef-remote --qemu-user --qemu-binary {target} {host} {port}"]
             res = gdb_run_cmd(f"pi gef.session.root", target=_target("default"), before=before)
             self.assertNoException(res)
             assert re.search(r"\/proc\/[0-9]+/root", res)
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 6456d53a5..d32483b85 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 GEF_DEFAULT_TEMPDIR = "/tmp/gef"
 GEF_PATH = pathlib.Path(os.getenv("GEF_PATH", "gef.py"))
 STRIP_ANSI_DEFAULT = True
+GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_HOST = "localhost"
 GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_PORT = 1234
 
 CommandType = Union[str, Iterable[str]]
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ def _target(name: str, extension: str = ".out") -> pathlib.Path:
 
 
 def start_gdbserver(exe: Union[str, pathlib.Path] = _target("default"),
+                    host: str = GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_HOST,
                     port: int = GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_PORT) -> subprocess.Popen:
     """Start a gdbserver on the target binary.
 
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ def start_gdbserver(exe: Union[str, pathlib.Path] = _target("default"),
     Returns:
         subprocess.Popen: a Popen object for the gdbserver process.
     """
-    return subprocess.Popen(["gdbserver", f":{port}", exe],
+    return subprocess.Popen(["gdbserver", f"{host}:{port}", exe],
                             stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
 
@@ -260,10 +262,11 @@ def stop_gdbserver(gdbserver: subprocess.Popen) -> None:
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def gdbserver_session(*args, **kwargs):
     exe = kwargs.get("exe", "") or _target("default")
-    port = kwargs.get("port", 0) or GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_PORT
-    sess = start_gdbserver(exe, port)
+    host = kwargs.get("host", GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_HOST)
+    port = kwargs.get("port", GDBSERVER_DEFAULT_PORT)
+    sess = start_gdbserver(exe, host, port)
     try:
-        time.sleep(0.5) # forced delay to allow gdbserver to start listening
+        time.sleep(1) # forced delay to allow gdbserver to start listening
         yield sess
     finally:
         stop_gdbserver(sess)