diff --git a/apps/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/test/BasePortletTest.java b/apps/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/test/BasePortletTest.java
index 1bc973517..1c7e76c44 100644
--- a/apps/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/test/BasePortletTest.java
+++ b/apps/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/test/BasePortletTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public abstract class BasePortletTest extends WebTestCase {
 	
 	protected Server server;
 
-	private int port = 8080;
+	private int port = 9876;
 	
 	private String contextPath = "/test";