diff --git a/docker/test/stress/stress b/docker/test/stress/stress
index e195f81b551..ab25d13695b 100755
--- a/docker/test/stress/stress
+++ b/docker/test/stress/stress
@@ -28,18 +28,20 @@ def get_options(i, backward_compatibility_check):
     if i % 2 == 1:
         options.append(" --database=test_{}".format(i))
 
-    if i % 5 == 1:
+    if i % 3 == 1:
         client_options.append("join_use_nulls=1")
 
-    if i % 15 == 1:
-        client_options.append("join_algorithm='parallel_hash'")
-
-    if i % 15 == 6:
-        client_options.append("join_algorithm='partial_merge'")
-
-    if i % 15 == 11:
-        client_options.append("join_algorithm='auto'")
-        client_options.append("max_rows_in_join=1000")
+    if i % 2 == 1:
+        join_alg_num = i // 2
+        if join_alg_num % 4 == 0:
+            client_options.append("join_algorithm='parallel_hash'")
+        if join_alg_num % 4 == 1:
+            client_options.append("join_algorithm='partial_merge'")
+        if join_alg_num % 4 == 2:
+            client_options.append("join_algorithm='full_sorting_merge'")
+        if join_alg_num % 4 == 3:
+            client_options.append("join_algorithm='auto'")
+            client_options.append('max_rows_in_join=1000')
 
     if i == 13:
         client_options.append("memory_tracker_fault_probability=0.001")