diff --git a/src/gql/ArgumentManager.php b/src/gql/ArgumentManager.php
index 7c5e1f7ae61..f4d231c18f6 100644
--- a/src/gql/ArgumentManager.php
+++ b/src/gql/ArgumentManager.php
@@ -123,12 +123,15 @@ public function prepareArguments(array $arguments): array
     {
         $orderBy = $arguments['orderBy'] ?? null;
         if ($orderBy) {
-            if (StringHelper::containsAny($orderBy, ['(', ')'])) {
-                throw new GqlException('Illegal value for `orderBy` argument: `' . $orderBy . '`');
-            }
-            $chunks = StringHelper::split($orderBy);
-            foreach ($chunks as $chunk) {
-                if (!preg_match('/^\w+(\.\w+)?( (asc|desc))?$/i', $chunk)) {
+            foreach (StringHelper::split($orderBy) as $chunk) {
+                // Special case for `RAND()`
+                if (strtolower($chunk) === 'rand()') {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (
+                    StringHelper::containsAny($orderBy, ['(', ')']) ||
+                    !preg_match('/^\w+(\.\w+)?( (asc|desc))?$/i', $chunk)
+                ) {
                     throw new GqlException('Illegal value for `orderBy` argument: `' . $orderBy . '`');
                 }
             }