diff --git a/e2e/deployment/deployment.go b/e2e/deployment/deployment.go
index 459bb5e09..238130c40 100644
--- a/e2e/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/e2e/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package deployment
 
 import (
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/framework"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/e2eutil"
@@ -34,29 +34,31 @@ func (tc *DeploymentTest) BeforeAll(f *framework.F) {
 func (tc *DeploymentTest) TestDeploymentAutoPromote(f *framework.F) {
 	t := f.T()
 	nomadClient := tc.Nomad()
+	run := structs.DeploymentStatusRunning
 	uuid := uuid.Generate()
+	// unique each run, cluster could have previous jobs
 	jobId := "deployment" + uuid[0:8]
 	tc.jobIds = append(tc.jobIds, jobId)
 	e2eutil.RegisterAndWaitForAllocs(t, nomadClient, "deployment/input/deployment_auto0.nomad", jobId)
+	deploy := e2eutil.DeploymentsForJob(nomadClient, jobId)[0]
 
 	// Upgrade
 	e2eutil.RegisterAllocs(t, nomadClient, "deployment/input/deployment_auto1.nomad", jobId)
-	var deploy *api.Deployment
-	ds, _, err := nomadClient.Deployments().List(nil)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Find the deployment
-	for _, d := range ds {
-		if d.JobID == jobId {
-			deploy = d
-			break
+	// Find the deployment we don't already have
+	testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
+		ds := e2eutil.DeploymentsForJob(nomadClient, jobId)
+		for _, d := range ds {
+			if d.ID != deploy.ID {
+				deploy = d
+				return true, nil
+			}
 		}
-	}
+		return false, nil
+	}, func(e error) {})
 
 	// Deployment is auto pending the upgrade of "two" which has a longer time to health
-	run := structs.DeploymentStatusRunning
-	require.Equal(t, run, deploy.Status)
-	require.Equal(t, structs.DeploymentStatusDescriptionRunningAutoPromotion, deploy.StatusDescription)
+	e2eutil.WaitForDeployment(t, nomadClient, deploy.ID, run, structs.DeploymentStatusDescriptionRunningAutoPromotion)
 
 	// Deployment is eventually running
 	e2eutil.WaitForDeployment(t, nomadClient, deploy.ID, run, structs.DeploymentStatusDescriptionRunning)
diff --git a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
index 212282cda..e98e95aeb 100644
--- a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
@@ -111,6 +111,22 @@ func WaitForAllocRunning(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, allocID string)
 	})
 }
 
+func DeploymentsForJob(nomadClient *api.Client, jobID string) []*api.Deployment {
+	ds, _, err := nomadClient.Deployments().List(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	out := []*api.Deployment{}
+	for _, d := range ds {
+		if d.JobID == jobID {
+			out = append(out, d)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
 func WaitForDeployment(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, deployID string, status string, statusDesc string) {
 	testutil.WaitForResultRetries(retries, func() (bool, error) {
 		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
@@ -123,10 +139,10 @@ func WaitForDeployment(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, deployID string, s
 			return true, nil
 		}
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("expected status %s \"%s\", but got: %s \"%s\"",
-			deploy.Status,
-			deploy.StatusDescription,
 			status,
 			statusDesc,
+			deploy.Status,
+			deploy.StatusDescription,
 		)
 
 	}, func(err error) {