diff --git a/compute_endpoint/tests/unit/test_execute_task.py b/compute_endpoint/tests/unit/test_execute_task.py
index 45194cee6..06b156e86 100644
--- a/compute_endpoint/tests/unit/test_execute_task.py
+++ b/compute_endpoint/tests/unit/test_execute_task.py
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 import logging
+import random
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 from globus_compute_common import messagepack
 from globus_compute_endpoint.engines.helper import execute_task
+from tests.utils import divide
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _MOCK_BASE = "globus_compute_endpoint.engines.helper."
 
 
-def divide(x, y):
-    return x / y
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("run_dir", ("tmp", None, "$HOME"))
 def test_bad_run_dir(endpoint_uuid, task_uuid, run_dir):
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
@@ -21,9 +19,10 @@ def test_bad_run_dir(endpoint_uuid, task_uuid, run_dir):
 
 
 def test_execute_task(endpoint_uuid, serde, task_uuid, ez_pack_task, tmp_path):
-    inp, outp = (10, 2), 5
+    out = random.randint(1, 100_000)
+    divisor = random.randint(1, 100_000)
 
-    task_bytes = ez_pack_task(divide, *inp)
+    task_bytes = ez_pack_task(divide, divisor * out, divisor)
 
     packed_result = execute_task(task_uuid, task_bytes, endpoint_uuid, run_dir=tmp_path)
     assert isinstance(packed_result, bytes)
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ def test_execute_task(endpoint_uuid, serde, task_uuid, ez_pack_task, tmp_path):
     assert "python_version" in result.details
     assert "dill_version" in result.details
     assert "endpoint_id" in result.details
-    assert serde.deserialize(result.data) == outp
+    assert serde.deserialize(result.data) == out
 
 
 def test_execute_task_with_exception(endpoint_uuid, task_uuid, ez_pack_task, tmp_path):
diff --git a/compute_endpoint/tests/utils.py b/compute_endpoint/tests/utils.py
index 65551e206..3e918605e 100644
--- a/compute_endpoint/tests/utils.py
+++ b/compute_endpoint/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import itertools
 import pathlib
 import sys
@@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ def kill_manager():
     os.killpg(manager_pgid, signal.SIGKILL)
 
 
-def div_zero(x: int):
-    return x / 0
+def divide(x: int | float, y: int | float):
+    return x / y
 
 
 def succeed_after_n_runs(dirpath: pathlib.Path, fail_count: int = 1):