diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/categorize.csv-spec b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/categorize.csv-spec
index da271d2f45a72..8e0fcd78f0322 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/categorize.csv-spec
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/categorize.csv-spec
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 categorize
 required_capability: categorize
 
-# Drop the category ID, because it's non-deterministic
 FROM sample_data
+  | SORT message ASC
   | STATS count=COUNT(), values=MV_SORT(VALUES(message)) BY category=CATEGORIZE(message)
-  | SORT count DESC, category ASC
-  | DROP category
+  | SORT category
 ;
 
-count:long | values:keyword
-3          | [Connected to 10.1.0.1, Connected to 10.1.0.2, Connected to 10.1.0.3]
-3          | [Connection error]
-1          | [Disconnected]
+count:long | values:keyword                                                        | category:integer
+3          | [Connected to 10.1.0.1, Connected to 10.1.0.2, Connected to 10.1.0.3] | 0
+3          | [Connection error]                                                    | 1
+1          | [Disconnected]                                                        | 2
 ;