diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/moveDynamicMesh/twistingColumn/system/decomposeParDict b/tutorials/mesh/moveDynamicMesh/twistingColumn/system/decomposeParDict
index f73683db3b..1e2ad3d315 100644
--- a/tutorials/mesh/moveDynamicMesh/twistingColumn/system/decomposeParDict
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/moveDynamicMesh/twistingColumn/system/decomposeParDict
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ FoamFile
 numberOfSubdomains  3;
 
 //- The decomposition method (mandatory)
-method          random;
+method          scotch;
 
 // ************************************************************************* //