diff --git a/qa/tasks/ceph_manager.py b/qa/tasks/ceph_manager.py
index 3d41c2e3f48..1ec5840d77b 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/ceph_manager.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/ceph_manager.py
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ class CephManager:
         """
         with self.lock:
             if self.pools:
-                return random.choice(self.pools.keys())
+                return random.sample(self.pools.keys(), 1)[0]
 
     def get_pool_pg_num(self, pool_name):
         """
diff --git a/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_dump_tree.py b/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_dump_tree.py
index 6d943f9dd2f..48a2c6f00ac 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_dump_tree.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_dump_tree.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class TestDumpTree(CephFSTestCase):
 
         self.populate()
         inos = self.get_paths_to_ino()
-        target = random.choice(inos.keys())
+        target = random.sample(inos.keys(), 1)[0]
 
         if target != "./":
             target = os.path.dirname(target)