diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index b429e44e265..554f32ccdd8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -3165,8 +3165,8 @@ else:
         def test_shared_ciphers(self):
             server_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
             client_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
-            client_context.set_ciphers("AES128")
-            server_context.set_ciphers("AES128:AES256")
+            client_context.set_ciphers("RC4")
+            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)