diff --git a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh
index 62c1f19c32..3d23a53253 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ varlinkctl call /run/systemd/io.systemd.Manager io.systemd.Unit.List '{"name": "
 (! varlinkctl call /run/systemd/io.systemd.Manager io.systemd.Unit.List '{"name": "multi-user.target", "pid": {"pid": 1}}')
 
 varlinkctl call /run/systemd/io.systemd.Manager io.systemd.Unit.List '{"cgroup": "/init.scope"}'
-invocation_id=$(varlinkctl call --collect /run/systemd/io.systemd.Manager io.systemd.Unit.List '{}' | jq -r '.[] | .runtime.InvocationID' | grep -v null | tail -n 1)
+invocation_id="$(systemctl show -P InvocationID systemd-journald.service)"
 varlinkctl call /run/systemd/io.systemd.Manager io.systemd.Unit.List "{\"invocationID\": \"$invocation_id\"}"
 
 # test io.systemd.Manager in user manager