diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 859aead361f..20f0eef8da9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ def test_shared_ciphers(self):
             server_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
             client_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
             client_context.set_ciphers("AES")
-            server_context.set_ciphers("RC4:AES")
+            server_context.set_ciphers("AES:RC4")
             stats = server_params_test(client_context, server_context)
             ciphers = stats['server_shared_ciphers'][0]
             self.assertGreater(len(ciphers), 0)