diff --git a/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_system_syslog.py b/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_system_syslog.py
index 030ec587b..45a5b4087 100755
--- a/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_system_syslog.py
+++ b/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_system_syslog.py
@@ -1,79 +1,79 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2019-2024 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import re
 import unittest
 
 from base_vyostest_shim import VyOSUnitTestSHIM
 
 from vyos.utils.file import read_file
 from vyos.utils.process import process_named_running
 
 PROCESS_NAME = 'rsyslogd'
 RSYSLOG_CONF = '/etc/rsyslog.d/00-vyos.conf'
 
 base_path = ['system', 'syslog']
 
 def get_config_value(key):
     tmp = read_file(RSYSLOG_CONF)
     tmp = re.findall(r'\n?{}\s+(.*)'.format(key), tmp)
     return tmp[0]
 
 class TestRSYSLOGService(VyOSUnitTestSHIM.TestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(TestRSYSLOGService, cls).setUpClass()
 
         # ensure we can also run this test on a live system - so lets clean
         # out the current configuration :)
         cls.cli_delete(cls, base_path)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         # Check for running process
         self.assertTrue(process_named_running(PROCESS_NAME))
 
         # delete testing SYSLOG config
         self.cli_delete(base_path)
         self.cli_commit()
 
         # Check for running process
         self.assertFalse(process_named_running(PROCESS_NAME))
 
     def test_syslog_basic(self):
-        host1 = '198.51.100.1'
-        host2 = '192.0.2.1'
+        host1 = '127.0.0.10'
+        host2 = '127.0.0.20'
 
         self.cli_set(base_path + ['host', host1, 'port', '999'])
         self.cli_set(base_path + ['host', host1, 'facility', 'all', 'level', 'all'])
         self.cli_set(base_path + ['host', host2, 'facility', 'kern', 'level', 'err'])
         self.cli_set(base_path + ['console', 'facility', 'all', 'level', 'warning'])
 
 
         self.cli_commit()
         # verify log level and facilities in config file
         # *.warning /dev/console
         # *.* @198.51.100.1:999
         # kern.err @192.0.2.1:514
         config = [get_config_value('\*.\*'), get_config_value('kern.err'), get_config_value('\*.warning')]
-        expected = ['@198.51.100.1:999', '@192.0.2.1:514', '/dev/console']
+        expected = [f'@{host1}:999', f'@{host2}:514', '/dev/console']
 
         for i in range(0,3):
             self.assertIn(expected[i], config[i])
         # Check for running process
         self.assertTrue(process_named_running(PROCESS_NAME))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)