diff --git a/testing/test_stepwise.py b/testing/test_stepwise.py
index 68e5989ec..9edd90d3d 100644
--- a/testing/test_stepwise.py
+++ b/testing/test_stepwise.py
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ def test_stop_on_collection_errors(broken_testdir):
         "-v",
         "--strict-markers",
         "--stepwise",
-        "working_testfile.py",
         "broken_testfile.py",
+        "working_testfile.py",
     )
 
     stdout = result.stdout.str()