diff --git a/common/clickhousedb/tests.go b/common/clickhousedb/tests.go
index 3aaaa9cd..8ef9d6b1 100644
--- a/common/clickhousedb/tests.go
+++ b/common/clickhousedb/tests.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 // SetupClickHouse configures a client to use for testing.
 func SetupClickHouse(t *testing.T, r *reporter.Reporter) *Component {
 	t.Helper()
-	chServer := helpers.CheckExternalService(t, "ClickHouse", []string{"clickhouse", "localhost"}, "9000")
+	chServer := helpers.CheckExternalService(t, "ClickHouse", []string{"clickhouse", "127.0.0.1"}, "9000")
 	config := DefaultConfiguration()
 	config.Servers = []string{chServer}
 	config.DialTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
diff --git a/common/httpserver/cache_test.go b/common/httpserver/cache_test.go
index fec423b0..616c15b3 100644
--- a/common/httpserver/cache_test.go
+++ b/common/httpserver/cache_test.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestCacheByRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRedis(t *testing.T) {
-	server := helpers.CheckExternalService(t, "Redis", []string{"redis", "localhost"}, "6379")
+	server := helpers.CheckExternalService(t, "Redis", []string{"redis", "127.0.0.1"}, "6379")
 	client := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
 		Addr: server,
 		DB:   10,
diff --git a/common/kafka/tests.go b/common/kafka/tests.go
index aaef6985..c230101e 100644
--- a/common/kafka/tests.go
+++ b/common/kafka/tests.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 // SetupKafkaBroker configures a client to use for testing.
 func SetupKafkaBroker(t *testing.T) (sarama.Client, []string) {
-	broker := helpers.CheckExternalService(t, "Kafka", []string{"kafka", "localhost"}, "9092")
+	broker := helpers.CheckExternalService(t, "Kafka", []string{"kafka", "127.0.0.1"}, "9092")
 
 	// Wait for broker to be ready
 	saramaConfig := sarama.NewConfig()