diff --git a/.github/scripts/set_test_package_matrix.sh b/.github/scripts/set_test_package_matrix.sh
index da8b6d563c..3f8a389297 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/set_test_package_matrix.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/set_test_package_matrix.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 export RUNNER_COUNT=$1
 
 # set matrix var to list of unique packages containing tests
-matrix="$(go list -json="ImportPath,TestGoFiles" ./... | jq --compact-output '. | select(.TestGoFiles != null) | .ImportPath' | jq --slurp --compact-output '.' | jq --argjson runnercount $RUNNER_COUNT  -cM '[_nwise(length / $runnercount | floor)]'))"
+matrix="$(go list -json="ImportPath,TestGoFiles" ./... | jq --compact-output '. | select(.TestGoFiles != null) | .ImportPath' | shuf | jq --slurp --compact-output '.' | jq --argjson runnercount $RUNNER_COUNT  -cM '[_nwise(length / $runnercount | floor)]'))"
 
 echo "matrix=${matrix}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"