diff --git a/integration-testing/http_client_test.py b/integration-testing/http_client_test.py
index adb637250..1bd08739b 100644
--- a/integration-testing/http_client_test.py
+++ b/integration-testing/http_client_test.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_simple_get_google(self):
         run_command(simple_get_args)
     def test_simple_get_h1(self):
         """make a simple GET request via HTTP/1.1 and make sure it succeeds"""
-        simple_get_args = elasticurl_cmd_prefix + ['-v', 'TRACE', '--http1_1', 'http://example.com']
+        simple_get_args = elasticurl_cmd_prefix + ['-v', 'TRACE', '--http1_1', 'http://httpbin.org/get']
         run_command(simple_get_args)
 
     def test_simple_post_h1(self):
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_simple_download_h1(self):
 
     def test_simple_get_h2(self):
         """make a simple GET request via HTTP2 and make sure it succeeds"""
-        simple_get_args = elasticurl_cmd_prefix + ['-v', 'TRACE', '--http2', 'https://example.com']
+        simple_get_args = elasticurl_cmd_prefix + ['-v', 'TRACE', '--http2', 'https://httpbin.org/get']
         run_command(simple_get_args)
 
     def test_simple_post_h2(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_stream_manager.c b/tests/test_stream_manager.c
index 8ada75da1..0f818e14c 100644
--- a/tests/test_stream_manager.c
+++ b/tests/test_stream_manager.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int s_tester_init(struct sm_tester_options *options) {
     if (options->uri_cursor) {
         ASSERT_SUCCESS(aws_uri_init_parse(&s_tester.endpoint, alloc, options->uri_cursor));
     } else {
-        struct aws_byte_cursor default_host = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("https://example.com");
+        struct aws_byte_cursor default_host = aws_byte_cursor_from_c_str("https://www.amazon.com");
         ASSERT_SUCCESS(aws_uri_init_parse(&s_tester.endpoint, alloc, &default_host));
     }