diff --git a/api/base/settings/defaults.py b/api/base/settings/defaults.py
index d74e744f787..a7d8838fe04 100644
--- a/api/base/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/api/base/settings/defaults.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 # django-elasticsearch-metrics
 ELASTICSEARCH_DSL = {
     'default': {
-        'hosts': os.environ.get('ELASTIC6_URI', '127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        'hosts': osf_settings.ELASTIC6_URI,
         'retry_on_timeout': True,
     },
 }
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 1acfabbdbb5..2eb51df076e 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://localhost:9201'])
+    connections.create_connection(hosts=[website_settings.ELASTIC6_URI])
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')
diff --git a/website/settings/defaults.py b/website/settings/defaults.py
index 7d6df427336..85c66a9dad9 100644
--- a/website/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/website/settings/defaults.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def parent_dir(path):
     # 'client_cert': None,
     # 'client_key': None
 }
+ELASTIC6_URI = os.environ.get('ELASTIC6_URI', '127.0.0.1:9201')
 
 # Sessions
 COOKIE_NAME = 'osf'