diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 9891a5d59e..3316635184 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,4 +35,11 @@ server:
   health_check_path: /health
 ```
 
-By [@jcaromiq](https://github.com/jcaromiq) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1164
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+By [@jcaromiq](https://github.com/jcaromiq) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1164
+
+## 🛠 Maintenance ( :hammer_and_wrench: )
+
+### Fix a flappy test to test custom health check path ([PR #1176](https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1176))
+Force the creation of `SocketAddr` to use a new unused port.
+
+By [@bnjjj](https://github.com/bnjjj) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1176
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/axum_http_server_factory.rs b/apollo-router/src/axum_http_server_factory.rs
index dcdc0ad836..33d4ce8068 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/axum_http_server_factory.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/axum_http_server_factory.rs
@@ -1457,6 +1457,7 @@ Content-Type: application/json\r
         let conf = Configuration::builder()
             .server(
                 crate::configuration::Server::builder()
+                    .listen(SocketAddr::from_str("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap())
                     .health_check_path("/health")
                     .build(),
             )