diff --git a/tests/image/image.cpp b/tests/image/image.cpp
index 8272beb6d5..1f43fb810e 100644
--- a/tests/image/image.cpp
+++ b/tests/image/image.cpp
@@ -171,13 +171,14 @@ void ImageTestCase::LoadFromSocketStream()
         return;
     }
 
+    // These URLs use the real IP address of www.wxwidgets.org.
     struct {
         const char* url;
         wxBitmapType type;
     } testData[] =
     {
-        { "http://www.wxwidgets.org/assets/img/header-logo.png", wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG },
-        { "http://www.wxwidgets.org/assets/ico/favicon-1.ico", wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO }
+        { "http://173.254.92.22/assets/img/header-logo.png", wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG },
+        { "http://173.254.92.22/assets/ico/favicon-1.ico", wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO }
     };
 
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<WXSIZEOF(testData); i++)
diff --git a/tests/test.cpp b/tests/test.cpp
index 2a11bfb198..03636da8f3 100644
--- a/tests/test.cpp
+++ b/tests/test.cpp
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static bool DoCheckConnection()
     wxSocketBase::Initialize();
 
     wxIPV4address addr;
-    if (!addr.Hostname(wxASCII_STR("www.wxwidgets.org")) || !addr.Service(wxASCII_STR("www")))
+    if (!addr.Hostname(0xadfe5c16) || !addr.Service(wxASCII_STR("www")))
     {
         wxSocketBase::Shutdown();
         return false;
diff --git a/tests/uris/url.cpp b/tests/uris/url.cpp
index 65c878aa1d..1cea125078 100644
--- a/tests/uris/url.cpp
+++ b/tests/uris/url.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ void URLTestCase::GetInputStream()
         return;
     }
 
-    wxURL url("http://www.wxwidgets.org/assets/img/header-logo.png");
+    // This is the IP address of the real www.wxwidgets.org server.
+    wxURL url("http://173.254.92.22/assets/img/header-logo.png");
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(wxURL_NOERR, url.GetError());
 
     wxScopedPtr<wxInputStream> in_stream(url.GetInputStream());