diff --git a/src/test/java/io/supertokens/test/AuthRecipeTest.java b/src/test/java/io/supertokens/test/AuthRecipeTest.java
index 42e0ce0db..69b4c70fc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/supertokens/test/AuthRecipeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/supertokens/test/AuthRecipeTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import io.supertokens.storageLayer.StorageLayer;
 import io.supertokens.thirdparty.ThirdParty;
 import io.supertokens.usermetadata.UserMetadata;
+import io.supertokens.version.Version;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -488,6 +489,8 @@ public void randomPaginationTest() throws Exception {
             fail();
         }
 
+        boolean isMySQL = Version.getVersion(process.getProcess()).getPluginName().equals("mysql");
+
         for (int limit : limits) {
 
             // now we paginate in asc order
@@ -497,6 +500,9 @@ public void randomPaginationTest() throws Exception {
                     if (o1.timeJoined != o2.timeJoined) {
                         return (int) (o1.timeJoined - o2.timeJoined);
                     }
+                    if (isMySQL) {
+                        return o1.id.compareTo(o2.id);
+                    }
                     return o2.id.compareTo(o1.id);
                 });