diff --git a/core/cmd/shell_local.go b/core/cmd/shell_local.go
index dc0d44f3189..a1f7fdb857c 100644
--- a/core/cmd/shell_local.go
+++ b/core/cmd/shell_local.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	gethCommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/lib/pq"
 
 	"github.com/kylelemons/godebug/diff"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -834,7 +835,9 @@ func (m *failedToRandomizeTestDBSequencesError) Error() string {
 // randomizeTestDBSequences randomizes sequenced table columns sequence
 // This is necessary as to avoid false positives in some test cases.
 func randomizeTestDBSequences(db *sqlx.DB) error {
-	seqRows, err := db.Query(`SELECT sequence_schema, sequence_name FROM information_schema.sequences WHERE sequence_schema = $1`, "public")
+	// not ideal to hard code this, but also not safe to do it programmatically :(
+	schemas := pq.Array([]string{"public", "evm"})
+	seqRows, err := db.Query(`SELECT sequence_schema, sequence_name, minimum_value FROM information_schema.sequences WHERE sequence_schema IN ($1)`, schemas)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: error fetching sequences: %s", failedToRandomizeTestDBSequencesError{}, err)
 	}
@@ -842,7 +845,8 @@ func randomizeTestDBSequences(db *sqlx.DB) error {
 	defer seqRows.Close()
 	for seqRows.Next() {
 		var sequenceSchema, sequenceName string
-		if err = seqRows.Scan(&sequenceSchema, &sequenceName); err != nil {
+		var minimumSequenceValue int64
+		if err = seqRows.Scan(&sequenceSchema, &sequenceName, &minimumSequenceValue); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: failed scanning sequence rows: %s", failedToRandomizeTestDBSequencesError{}, err)
 		}
 
@@ -855,6 +859,7 @@ func randomizeTestDBSequences(db *sqlx.DB) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: failed to generate random number", failedToRandomizeTestDBSequencesError{})
 		}
+		randNum.Add(randNum, big.NewInt(minimumSequenceValue))
 
 		if _, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER SEQUENCE %s.%s RESTART WITH %d", sequenceSchema, sequenceName, randNum)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: failed to alter and restart %s sequence: %w", failedToRandomizeTestDBSequencesError{}, sequenceName, err)