diff --git a/news/changelog-1.7.md b/news/changelog-1.7.md
index 8912205b900..c8be3cbabb3 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.7.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.7.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ All changes included in 1.7:
 - ([#11699](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11699)): Fix crash with `video` shortcode inside HTML comments.
 - Expose new `quarto.paths.tinytex_bin_dir` in Quarto's Lua API. If TinyTeX is found by Quarto, this will be set to the path to the `bin` directory of the TinyTeX installation where command line tool are located (e.g., `pdflatex`, `tlmgr`, etc.). If TinyTeX is not found, this will be `nil`, meaning Quarto will use the system PATH to find the command line tools.
 - Fix `pandoc.mediabag` Lua typings so autocompletions work with the Lua LSP integration.
+- ([#11664](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11664)): `lipsum` shortcode is no longer randomly generated by default, use `{{< lipsum random=true >}}` to restore randomness.
 
 ## Engines
 
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/quarto/lipsum/lipsum.lua b/src/resources/extensions/quarto/lipsum/lipsum.lua
index 57e53e820b4..d1f359f76e2 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/quarto/lipsum/lipsum.lua
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/quarto/lipsum/lipsum.lua
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ local barePattern = '^(%d+)$'
 return {
   ['lipsum'] = function(args, kwargs, meta)
 
+    local isRandom = false
+    if kwargs and kwargs["random"] then
+      local randomVal = pandoc.utils.stringify(kwargs["random"])
+      if randomVal == "true" then
+        isRandom = true
+      end
+    end
+
     local paraStart = 1
     local paraEnd = 5
 
@@ -58,7 +66,9 @@ return {
         -- a number of paragraphs is specified, like 10
         local _,_,bareVal = range:find(barePattern)
         if bareVal then
-          paraStart = math.random(1, 17)
+          if isRandom then
+            paraStart = math.random(1, 17)
+          end
           local endNumber = tonumber(bareVal)
           if endNumber ~= nil then
             paraEnd = paraStart + endNumber - 1
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/01/29/issue-11664.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/01/29/issue-11664.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b82ed3feabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/01/29/issue-11664.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+format: html
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - ["Nunc ac dignissim magna. Vestibulum vitae egestas elit."]
+---
+
+{{< lipsum 2 >}}