diff --git a/go/msgpack_test.go b/go/msgpack_test.go
index 2cdad6de..081be7b2 100644
--- a/go/msgpack_test.go
+++ b/go/msgpack_test.go
@@ -246,7 +246,14 @@ func TestPackMap(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error("err != nil")
 	}
-	if bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0x05, 0x02, 0x03}) != 0 {
+
+        // map ordering is no longer deterministic -- check all possible orderings :(
+	if bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05}) != 0 &&
+	   bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0x05, 0x02, 0x03}) != 0 &&
+	   bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0x05}) != 0 &&
+	   bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x00, 0x01}) != 0 &&
+	   bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x04, 0x05, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03}) != 0 &&
+	   bytes.Compare(b.Bytes(), []byte{0x83, 0x04, 0x05, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00, 0x01}) != 0 {
 		t.Error("wrong output", b.Bytes())
 	}
 }