diff --git a/api/base/settings/defaults.py b/api/base/settings/defaults.py
index bedb32cac172..e928dc1412e1 100644
--- a/api/base/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/api/base/settings/defaults.py
@@ -317,12 +317,15 @@
 # django-elasticsearch-metrics
 ELASTICSEARCH_DSL = {
     'default': {
-        'hosts': os.environ.get('ELASTIC6_URI', '192.168.168.167:9201'),
+        'hosts': osf_settings.ELASTIC6_URI,
         'retry_on_timeout': True,
     },
 }
 # Store yearly indices for time-series metrics
 ELASTICSEARCH_METRICS_DATE_FORMAT = '%Y'
+ELASTIC6_URI = os.environ.get('ELASTIC6_URI', '127.0.0.1:9201')
+
+
 
 WAFFLE_CACHE_NAME = 'waffle_cache'
 STORAGE_USAGE_CACHE_NAME = 'storage_usage'
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 202cd801e8b7..2eb51df076ed 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _test_speedups_disable(request, settings, _test_speedups):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def setup_connections():
-    connections.create_connection(hosts=['http://192.168.168.167:9201'])
+    connections.create_connection(hosts=[website_settings.ELASTIC6_URI])
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')