diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConsistentHashingRouterSpec.cs b/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConsistentHashingRouterSpec.cs
index d0a5bdbe9a5..79b6757da1a 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConsistentHashingRouterSpec.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/RemoteConsistentHashingRouterSpec.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 namespace Akka.Remote.Tests
 {
-
     public class RemoteConsistentHashingRouterSpec : AkkaSpec
     {
 
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/Transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.cs b/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/Transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.cs
index 9c33972cced..5f54872686a 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/Transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Remote.Tests/Transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 namespace Akka.Remote.Tests.Transport
 {
-
     public class AkkaProtocolSpec : AkkaSpec
     {
         #region Setup / Config
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Tests.Shared.Internals/AkkaSpec.cs b/src/core/Akka.Tests.Shared.Internals/AkkaSpec.cs
index ecfad51e492..a1e1bd15c8c 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Tests.Shared.Internals/AkkaSpec.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Tests.Shared.Internals/AkkaSpec.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ public abstract class AkkaSpec : Xunit2.TestKit    //AkkaSpec is not part of Tes
               #  }
               #}
             }
-          }");
+          }
+          # use random ports to avoid race conditions with binding contention
+          akka.remote.dot-netty.tcp.port = 0");
 
         private static int _systemNumber = 0;