diff --git a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortAuthority.java b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortAuthority.java
index 26a6061c7398c..e90f5a36fdb44 100644
--- a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortAuthority.java
+++ b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortAuthority.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class PortAuthority
             {
                 Path directory = Paths.get( portAuthorityDirectory );
                 Files.createDirectories( directory );
-                PortRepository portRepository = new PortRepository( directory, EphemeralPortMinimum );
+                PortRepository portRepository = new PortRepository( directory, 20000 );
                 PortProbe portProbe = new DefaultPortProbe();
                 portProvider = new CoordinatingPortProvider( portRepository, portProbe );
             }
diff --git a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepository.java b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepository.java
index 49ee721254fe7..aefcd82c40e87 100644
--- a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepository.java
+++ b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepository.java
@@ -19,36 +19,33 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.causalclustering;
 
+import static org.neo4j.causalclustering.PortConstants.EphemeralPortMaximum;
 
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Random;
 
 public class PortRepository
 {
-    private static final Random RANDOM = new Random();
-
     private final Path directory;
-    private final int lowestPort;
 
-    public PortRepository( Path directory, int lowestPort )
+    private int currentPort;
+
+    public PortRepository( Path directory, int initialPort )
     {
         this.directory = directory;
-        this.lowestPort = lowestPort;
+
+        this.currentPort = initialPort;
     }
 
     // synchronize between threads in this JVM
     public synchronized int reserveNextPort( String trace )
     {
-        // if we do not find one after trying 100(!) times, bail out
-        for ( int i = 0; i < 100; i++ )
+        while ( currentPort <= EphemeralPortMaximum )
         {
-            int port = lowestPort + RANDOM.nextInt( PortConstants.EphemeralPortMaximum - lowestPort );
-
-            Path portFilePath = directory.resolve( "port" + port );
+            Path portFilePath = directory.resolve( "port" + currentPort );
 
             try
             {
@@ -60,11 +57,11 @@ public synchronized int reserveNextPort( String trace )
                     fileOutputStream.flush();
                 }
 
-                return port;
+                return currentPort++;
             }
             catch ( FileAlreadyExistsException e )
             {
-                // try again
+                currentPort++;
             }
             catch ( IOException e )
             {
diff --git a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepositoryIT.java b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepositoryIT.java
index a67f0a5fb80f9..6ae49cf154810 100644
--- a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepositoryIT.java
+++ b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/test/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/PortRepositoryIT.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public void shouldNotInterfereWithOtherRepositories() throws Exception
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore( "This was for when ports were allocated sequentially" )
     public void shouldNotOverrun() throws Exception
     {
         Path directory = testDirectory.cleanDirectory( "port-repository" ).toPath();