diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-autoselectfamily-local-port.js b/test/parallel/test-net-autoselectfamily-local-port.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ba3ae408dfb5..000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-autoselectfamily-local-port.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-if (!common.hasIPv6) common.skip('IPv6 loopback is unavailable');
-
-const assert = require('node:assert');
-const { createConnection, createServer } = require('node:net');
-const { TCP } = process.binding('tcp_wrap');
-// A pending IPv6 connect with a fixed source port must be closed before an
-// IPv4 candidate binds to that port.
-TCP.prototype.connect6 = function() {
-  return 0;
-};
-
-const reserved = createServer();
-reserved.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', common.mustCall(() => {
-  const localPort = reserved.address().port;
-  reserved.close(common.mustCall(() => {
-    const server = createServer(common.mustCall((socket) => socket.end()));
-    server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', common.mustCall(() => {
-      const port = server.address().port;
-      const connection = createConnection({
-        host: 'example.org',
-        port,
-        localPort,
-        lookup: common.mustCall((host, options, callback) => {
-          process.nextTick(callback, null, [
-            { address: '::1', family: 6 },
-            { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 },
-          ]);
-        }),
-        autoSelectFamily: true,
-        autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout: 10,
-      });
-      connection.on('connect', common.mustCall(() => {
-        assert.strictEqual(connection.localPort, localPort);
-        assert.strictEqual(connection.remoteAddress, '127.0.0.1');
-      }));
-      connection.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
-      connection.on('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
-    }));
-  }));
-}));
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-net-autoselectfamily-local-port.js b/test/sequential/test-net-autoselectfamily-local-port.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90ec2d2fbc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sequential/test-net-autoselectfamily-local-port.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasIPv6) common.skip('IPv6 loopback is unavailable');
+
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const { createConnection, createServer } = require('node:net');
+const { TCP } = process.binding('tcp_wrap');
+// A pending IPv6 connect with a fixed source port must be closed before an
+// IPv4 candidate binds to that port.
+TCP.prototype.connect6 = function() {
+  return 0;
+};
+
+const server = createServer(common.mustCall((socket) => socket.end()));
+server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', common.mustCall(() => {
+  const port = server.address().port;
+  const connection = createConnection({
+    host: 'example.org',
+    port,
+    localPort: common.PORT,
+    lookup: common.mustCall((host, options, callback) => {
+      process.nextTick(callback, null, [
+        { address: '::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 },
+      ]);
+    }),
+    autoSelectFamily: true,
+    autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout: 10,
+  });
+  connection.on('connect', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(connection.localPort, common.PORT);
+    assert.strictEqual(connection.remoteAddress, '127.0.0.1');
+  }));
+  connection.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+  connection.on('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
+}));