diff --git a/tests/test_nginx.py b/tests/test_nginx.py
index e2a80af7a..bcdea02f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_nginx.py
+++ b/tests/test_nginx.py
@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ def get(self, path):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("ssl", [False, True], ids=["plain", "ssl"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("worker_class", TEST_SIMPLE)
 def test_nginx_proxy(*, ssl, worker_class, dummy_ssl_cert, read_size=1024):
-    # avoid ports <= 6144 which may be in use by CI runner
+    # avoid ports <= 6178 which may be in use by CI runner
     # avoid quickly reusing ports as they might not be cleared immediately on BSD
     worker_index = WORKER_ORDER.index(worker_class)
-    fixed_port = 1024 * 6 + (2 if ssl else 0) + (4 * worker_index)
+    fixed_port = 6178 + 512 + (2 if ssl else 0) + (4 * worker_index)
     # FIXME: should also test inherited socket (LISTEN_FDS)
     # FIXME: should also test non-inherited (named) UNIX socket
     gunicorn_bind = "[::1]:%d" % fixed_port
diff --git a/tests/test_wrk.py b/tests/test_wrk.py
index efa4b5468..08ccf71d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_wrk.py
+++ b/tests/test_wrk.py
@@ -367,9 +367,9 @@ def test_wrk(*, ssl, worker_class, dummy_ssl_cert, read_size=1024):
     if worker_class == "eventlet" and ssl:
         pytest.skip("eventlet worker does not catch errors in ssl.wrap_socket")
 
-    # avoid ports <= 6144 which may be in use by CI runne
+    # avoid ports <= 6178 which may be in use by CI runne
     worker_index = WORKER_ORDER.index(worker_class)
-    fixed_port = 1024 * 6 + 1024 + (2 if ssl else 0) + (4 * worker_index)
+    fixed_port = 6178 + 1024 + (2 if ssl else 0) + (4 * worker_index)
     # FIXME: should also test inherited socket (LISTEN_FDS)
     # FIXME: should also test non-inherited (named) UNIX socket
     gunicorn_bind = "[::1]:%d" % fixed_port