diff --git a/flex/pool/pool.py b/flex/pool/pool.py
index b87ab890..17590518 100644
--- a/flex/pool/pool.py
+++ b/flex/pool/pool.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ def filter(self, func: Callable = None, node_dropout: float = 0.0, **kwargs):
         """
         node_dropout = max(0, node_dropout)
         node_dropout = max(1 - min(node_dropout, 1), 0)
-        node_dropout = int(len(self._actors) * node_dropout)
-        selected_nodes = random.sample(list(self._actors.keys()), node_dropout)
+        num_nodes = round(len(self._actors) * node_dropout)
+        selected_nodes = random.sample(list(self._actors.keys()), num_nodes)
         new_actors = FlexActors()
         new_data = FedDataset()
         new_models = {}
diff --git a/tests/pool/test_pool.py b/tests/pool/test_pool.py
index 5a7e70c0..b15f23d1 100644
--- a/tests/pool/test_pool.py
+++ b/tests/pool/test_pool.py
@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ def test_filter(self):
             for _, actor_role in new_p._actors.items()
         )
 
+    def test_filter_dropout(self):
+        iris = load_iris()
+        tmp = Dataset(X_data=iris.data, y_data=iris.target)
+        self._iris_many_clients = FedDataDistribution.iid_distribution(
+            tmp, n_clients=100
+        )
+        p = FlexPool.client_server_architecture(self._iris, lambda *args: None)
+        pool_size = len(p)
+        assert all(
+            len(p.filter(node_dropout=1 - (i / pool_size))) == i
+            for i in range(pool_size)
+        )
+
     def test_client_property(self):
         p = FlexPool.p2p_architecture(self._fld, init_func=lambda *args: None)
         new_p = p.clients