diff --git a/client/src/nonblocking/udp_client.rs b/client/src/nonblocking/udp_client.rs
index 46bd4ac5f0..7fc50e593c 100644
--- a/client/src/nonblocking/udp_client.rs
+++ b/client/src/nonblocking/udp_client.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ pub struct UdpTpuConnection {
 impl UdpTpuConnection {
     pub fn new(tpu_addr: SocketAddr) -> Self {
         let socket =
-            solana_net_utils::bind_in_validator_port_range(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)))
-                .unwrap();
+            solana_net_utils::bind_with_any_port(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0))).unwrap();
         socket.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
         Self::new_with_std_socket(tpu_addr, socket)
     }
@@ -104,8 +103,7 @@ mod tests {
         let addr_str = "0.0.0.0:50101";
         let addr = addr_str.parse().unwrap();
         let socket =
-            solana_net_utils::bind_in_validator_port_range(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)))
-                .unwrap();
+            solana_net_utils::bind_with_any_port(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0))).unwrap();
         socket.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
         let connection = UdpTpuConnection::new_with_std_socket(addr, socket);
         let reader = UdpSocket::bind(addr_str).await.expect("bind");
diff --git a/client/src/udp_client.rs b/client/src/udp_client.rs
index acf5e41a06..24f256f304 100644
--- a/client/src/udp_client.rs
+++ b/client/src/udp_client.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ pub struct UdpTpuConnection {
 impl UdpTpuConnection {
     pub fn new_from_addr(tpu_addr: SocketAddr) -> Self {
         let socket =
-            solana_net_utils::bind_in_validator_port_range(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)))
-                .unwrap();
+            solana_net_utils::bind_with_any_port(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0))).unwrap();
         Self {
             socket,
             addr: tpu_addr,
diff --git a/net-utils/src/lib.rs b/net-utils/src/lib.rs
index 330fa22e47..9f60bb9b57 100644
--- a/net-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/net-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -439,8 +439,16 @@ pub fn bind_in_range(ip_addr: IpAddr, range: PortRange) -> io::Result<(u16, UdpS
     ))
 }
 
-pub fn bind_in_validator_port_range(ip_addr: IpAddr) -> io::Result<UdpSocket> {
-    bind_in_range(ip_addr, VALIDATOR_PORT_RANGE).map(|(_, socket)| socket)
+pub fn bind_with_any_port(ip_addr: IpAddr) -> io::Result<UdpSocket> {
+    let sock = udp_socket(false)?;
+    let addr = SocketAddr::new(ip_addr, 0);
+    match sock.bind(&SockAddr::from(addr)) {
+        Ok(_) => Result::Ok(sock.into()),
+        Err(err) => Err(io::Error::new(
+            io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            format!("No available UDP port: {}", err),
+        )),
+    }
 }
 
 // binds many sockets to the same port in a range
@@ -680,6 +688,17 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_bind_with_any_port() {
+        let ip_addr = IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0));
+        let x = bind_with_any_port(ip_addr).unwrap();
+        let y = bind_with_any_port(ip_addr).unwrap();
+        assert_ne!(
+            x.local_addr().unwrap().port(),
+            y.local_addr().unwrap().port()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_bind_in_range_nil() {
         let ip_addr = IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0));