diff --git a/test-framework/clustering/src/main/java/org/keycloak/testframework/clustering/LoadBalancer.java b/test-framework/clustering/src/main/java/org/keycloak/testframework/clustering/LoadBalancer.java
index 820f16c29cf..521528ec3f7 100644
--- a/test-framework/clustering/src/main/java/org/keycloak/testframework/clustering/LoadBalancer.java
+++ b/test-framework/clustering/src/main/java/org/keycloak/testframework/clustering/LoadBalancer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ public class LoadBalancer {
     private final Vertx vertx;
     private final HttpProxy proxy;
 
+    private int currentNodeIndex = 0;
+
     public LoadBalancer(ClusteredKeycloakServer server) {
         this.server = server;
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ public class LoadBalancer {
                 return ProxyInterceptor.super.handleProxyRequest(context);
             }
         });
-        node(0);
+        node(currentNodeIndex);
 
         HttpServer proxyServer = vertx.createHttpServer();
         proxyServer.requestHandler(proxy).listen(9999, "localhost");
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ public class LoadBalancer {
 
     public void node(int index) {
         Origin origin = origin(index);
+        currentNodeIndex = index;
         LOGGER.debugf("Setting proxy origin to: %s:%d", origin.host, origin.port);
         proxy.origin(origin.port, origin.host);
     }
@@ -54,6 +57,14 @@ public class LoadBalancer {
         return origin(index).urls;
     }
 
+    public int nodeCount() {
+        return server.clusterSize();
+    }
+
+    public void nextNode() {
+        node((currentNodeIndex + 1) % nodeCount());
+    }
+
     private Origin origin(int index) {
         if (index >= server.clusterSize()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Node index out of bounds. Requested nodeIndex: %d, cluster size: %d".formatted(server.clusterSize(), index));