diff --git a/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py b/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py
index 08008d0660..b18de3830e 100644
--- a/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_benchmark_gradient(model, scale):
 
     noise_level = 0.1
 
-    np.random.seed(1)
+    np.random.seed(2)
     if scale:
         point = np.asarray(
             list(