diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/TestNMProxy.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/TestNMProxy.java
index e6a7a02e462..5f023f02df1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/TestNMProxy.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/TestNMProxy.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class TestNMProxy extends BaseContainerManagerTest {
         IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_ON_SOCKET_TIMEOUTS_KEY, 100);
     // connect to some dummy address so that it can trigger
     // connection failure and RPC level retires.
-    newConf.set(YarnConfiguration.NM_ADDRESS, "1234");
+    newConf.set(YarnConfiguration.NM_ADDRESS, "0.0.0.0:1234");
     ContainerManagementProtocol proxy = getNMProxy(newConf);
     try {
       proxy.startContainers(allRequests);