diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/spark_test.yaml
index f521673f0f7..3d0b61c3abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark_test.yaml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ jobs:
         # These Scala versions must match those in the build.sbt
         scala: [2.12.18, 2.13.13]
         # Important: This list of shards must be [0..NUM_SHARDS - 1]
-        shard: [0, 1, 2]
+        shard: [0, 1, 2, 3]
     env:
       SCALA_VERSION: ${{ matrix.scala }}
       # Important: This must be the same as the length of shards in matrix
-      NUM_SHARDS: 3
+      NUM_SHARDS: 4
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v4
diff --git a/project/TestParallelization.scala b/project/TestParallelization.scala
index aa973ae6605..dca7798024c 100644
--- a/project/TestParallelization.scala
+++ b/project/TestParallelization.scala
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import scala.util.Random
+import scala.util.hashing.MurmurHash3
+
 import sbt.Keys._
 import sbt._
 
@@ -146,13 +149,14 @@ object TestParallelization {
         }
 
         val testIsAssignedToShard =
-          math.abs(testDefinition.name.hashCode % numShards.get) == shardId.get
+          math.abs(MurmurHash3.stringHash(testDefinition.name) % numShards.get) == shardId.get
+
         if(!testIsAssignedToShard) {
           return new SimpleHashStrategy(groups, shardId)
         }
       }
 
-      val groupIdx = math.abs(testDefinition.name.hashCode % groupCount)
+      val groupIdx = math.abs(MurmurHash3.stringHash(testDefinition.name) % groupCount)
       val currentGroup = groups(groupIdx)
       val updatedGroup = currentGroup.withTests(
         currentGroup.tests :+ testDefinition