diff --git a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_keys_test.go b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_keys_test.go
index 2f52be83b..592813310 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_keys_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_consul_keys_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func testAccCheckConsulKeysValue(n, attr, val string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 
 const testAccConsulKeysConfig = `
 resource "consul_keys" "app" {
-	datacenter = "nyc1"
+	datacenter = "nyc3"
 	key {
 		name = "time"
 		path = "global/time"
diff --git a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_provider_test.go b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_provider_test.go
index 5e2746f98..ad2b29898 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/consul/resource_provider_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/consul/resource_provider_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package consul
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/armon/consul-api"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ func init() {
 	testAccProviders = map[string]terraform.ResourceProvider{
 		"consul": testAccProvider,
 	}
+
+	// Use the demo address for the acceptance tests
+	testAccProvider.ConfigureFunc = func(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
+		conf := consulapi.DefaultConfig()
+		conf.Address = "demo.consul.io:80"
+		return consulapi.NewClient(conf)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestResourceProvider(t *testing.T) {
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@ func TestResourceProvider_Configure(t *testing.T) {
 
 	raw := map[string]interface{}{
 		"address":    "demo.consul.io:80",
-		"datacenter": "nyc1",
+		"datacenter": "nyc3",
 	}
 
 	rawConfig, err := config.NewRawConfig(raw)