diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
index 82ec296ee..7ca2113b5 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
@@ -420,7 +420,9 @@ SELECT
 FROM
     pg_dist_shard_placement
 WHERE
-    nodeport = :worker_2_port;
+    nodeport = :worker_2_port
+ORDER BY
+	shardid ASC;
  shardid | shardstate | shardlength | nodename  | nodeport 
 ---------+------------+-------------+-----------+----------
  1370004 |          1 |           0 | localhost |    57638
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
index 6f793cac8..b7a67f7ec 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ SELECT
 FROM
     pg_dist_shard_placement
 WHERE
-    nodeport = :worker_2_port;
+    nodeport = :worker_2_port
+ORDER BY
+	shardid ASC;
 
 SELECT *
 FROM pg_dist_colocation