diff --git a/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/HighAvailability/SessionDirectoryReplicaTests.cs b/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/HighAvailability/SessionDirectoryReplicaTests.cs
index 05a67fa06a..ef0fe965d7 100644
--- a/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/HighAvailability/SessionDirectoryReplicaTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/HighAvailability/SessionDirectoryReplicaTests.cs
@@ -137,16 +137,20 @@ public sealed class SessionDirectoryReplicaTests : IAsyncLifetime
         session.AddController(controller);
         await replicaA.OnSessionControllerConnected(session);
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+        // The load balancer keeps handing the device's requests to whichever replica it likes, and the
+        // replica without the websocket must never take the session from the one that has it.
+        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
         {
             await Request(replicaB, "device-roaming");
-            await Request(replicaA, "device-roaming");
-            await Task.Delay(300, cancellationToken);
+            await Task.Delay(250, cancellationToken);
 
             var entry = await _directory.GetAsync(session.Id, cancellationToken);
             Assert.NotNull(entry);
             Assert.Equal("pod-a", entry.OwnerPod);
             Assert.True(entry.HoldsConnection);
+
+            await Request(replicaA, "device-roaming");
+            await Task.Delay(50, cancellationToken);
         }
 
         var listedByA = await replicaA.GetSessions(_user.Id, null, null, null, false, cancellationToken);