diff --git a/test/functional/pipeline.ts b/test/functional/pipeline.ts
index 4b2ae4aa0..cd0228cbe 100644
--- a/test/functional/pipeline.ts
+++ b/test/functional/pipeline.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ describe("pipeline", function () {
     });
 
     it("should reload scripts on redis restart (reconnect)", async function () {
-      const redis = new Redis();
+      const redis = new Redis({ connectionName: "load-script-on-reconnect" });
       const redis2 = new Redis();
       redis.defineCommand("exeecafterreconnect", {
         numberOfKeys: 0,
@@ -366,13 +366,17 @@ describe("pipeline", function () {
       expect(err).to.equal(null);
       expect(res).to.equal("OK");
 
-      const clientId = await redis.client("id");
-      await redis2
-        .pipeline([
-          ["script", "flush"],
-          ["client", "kill", "id", clientId],
-        ])
-        .exec();
+      const client = await redis.client("list").then((clients) => {
+        const myInfo = clients
+          .split("\n")
+          .find((client) => client.includes("load-script-on-reconnect"));
+
+        const match = / addr=([^ ]+)/.exec(myInfo);
+        if (match) return match[1];
+      });
+
+      await redis2.script("flush");
+      await redis2.client("kill", "addr", client);
 
       // Wait for reconnect, at the moment scripts are not loaded
       // if the pipeline starts before ioredis reconnects
@@ -381,6 +385,7 @@ describe("pipeline", function () {
       const [[err2, res2]] = await redis
         .multi([["exeecafterreconnect"]])
         .exec();
+
       expect(err2).to.equal(null);
       expect(res2).to.equal("OK");
       redis.disconnect();