diff --git a/src/slices/sort.go b/src/slices/sort.go
index f713ffe094..4f66e7bb39 100644
--- a/src/slices/sort.go
+++ b/src/slices/sort.go
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ type xorshift uint64
 
 func (r *xorshift) Next() uint64 {
 	*r ^= *r << 13
-	*r ^= *r >> 17
-	*r ^= *r << 5
+	*r ^= *r >> 7
+	*r ^= *r << 17
 	return uint64(*r)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sort/sort.go b/src/sort/sort.go
index 042ec4a8be..b27ecabdd5 100644
--- a/src/sort/sort.go
+++ b/src/sort/sort.go
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ type xorshift uint64
 
 func (r *xorshift) Next() uint64 {
 	*r ^= *r << 13
-	*r ^= *r >> 17
-	*r ^= *r << 5
+	*r ^= *r >> 7
+	*r ^= *r << 17
 	return uint64(*r)
 }