diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
index d467824953..9aa9f2a344 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ if 'test' in sys.argv:
         'NAME': 'inventree_test_db',
         'USER': 'inventree',
         'PASSWORD': 'password',
-        'HOST': 'localhost',
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
         'PORT': '3306',
     }