diff --git a/src/shared/inc/lxinitshared.h b/src/shared/inc/lxinitshared.h
index b64fbf13e..d0dcefb04 100644
--- a/src/shared/inc/lxinitshared.h
+++ b/src/shared/inc/lxinitshared.h
@@ -287,8 +287,11 @@ Module Name:
 // Definitions used by WSLA
 //
 
-constexpr auto c_ephemeralPortRange = std::pair<uint16_t, uint16_t>(10000, 20000);
+constexpr auto c_ephemeralPortRange = std::pair<uint16_t, uint16_t>(10000, 20001);
 
+static_assert((c_ephemeralPortRange.first & 1) ^ (c_ephemeralPortRange.second & 1), "port range must have different parities");
+
+//
 // The types of messages that can be sent to init and mini init.
 //
 
diff --git a/src/windows/wslaservice/exe/WSLAVirtualMachine.cpp b/src/windows/wslaservice/exe/WSLAVirtualMachine.cpp
index 1d2dfb6d7..fc05a326b 100644
--- a/src/windows/wslaservice/exe/WSLAVirtualMachine.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/wslaservice/exe/WSLAVirtualMachine.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ constexpr auto MAX_CRASH_DUMPS = 10;
 constexpr auto SAVED_STATE_FILE_EXTENSION = L".vmrs";
 constexpr auto SAVED_STATE_FILE_PREFIX = L"saved-state-";
 constexpr auto RECEIVE_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000;
-constexpr auto CONTAINER_PORT_RANGE = std::pair<uint16_t, uint16_t>(20001, 65535);
+constexpr auto CONTAINER_PORT_RANGE = std::pair<uint16_t, uint16_t>(20002, 65535);
 
 static_assert(c_ephemeralPortRange.second < CONTAINER_PORT_RANGE.first);