diff --git a/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/ManyRequests.java b/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/ManyRequests.java
index 8e3eb7eba94..89f26d3a761 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/ManyRequests.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/ManyRequests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class ManyRequests {
 
         URI baseURI = URIBuilder.newBuilder()
                 .scheme("https")
-                .host(InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress().getHostName())
+                .loopback()
                 .port(port)
                 .path("/foo/x").build();
         server.createContext("/foo", new TestEchoHandler());