diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index b38322f49dd..f17248ce466 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
     description: |
       Functional testing for a FIPS enabled Centos 8 system
     vars:
+      nslookup_target: 'opendev.org'
       enable_fips: True
       # NOTE(ykarel) Remove MYSQL_GATHER_PERFORMANCE and
       # tox_environment when this job switches to centos-9-stream
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     description: |
       Functional testing for a FIPS enabled Centos 8 system
     vars:
+      nslookup_target: 'opendev.org'
       enable_fips: True
       # NOTE(ykarel) Remove MYSQL_GATHER_PERFORMANCE and
       # tox_environment when this job switches to centos-9-stream
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
index 3209f5aa6d1..57f833526b0 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@
       Scenario testing for a FIPS enabled Centos 9 system
     pre-run: playbooks/enable-fips.yaml
     vars:
+      nslookup_target: 'opendev.org'
       configure_swap_size: 4096
       devstack_services:
         br-ex-tcpdump: true
@@ -628,6 +629,7 @@
       Scenario testing for a FIPS enabled Centos 9 system
     pre-run: playbooks/enable-fips.yaml
     vars:
+      nslookup_target: 'opendev.org'
       configure_swap_size: 4096
       devstack_local_conf:
         test-config: