diff --git a/tests/test_hawkular.py b/tests/test_hawkular.py
index 45dda49d..4b962c5f 100644
--- a/tests/test_hawkular.py
+++ b/tests/test_hawkular.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-from random import sample
+from random import sample, seed
 from unittest.mock import patch
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 from wrapanapi.systems import HawkularSystem
 from wrapanapi.systems.hawkular import CanonicalPath, Resource, ResourceData, ResourceType
 
+seed(17)
+
 
 def fake_urlopen(c_client, url, headers, params):
     """