diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java
index c98091b8a4..f7501654d0 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import com.google.common.io.Closeables;
 public class SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceContextLiveTest {
 
    public SoftLayerExperimentLiveTest() {
-      provider = "glesys";
+      provider = "softlayer";
    }
 
    @Test
diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index 181e380ea7..4d7b9aa477 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLiveTes
             // For each os-type both 32- and 64-bit are supported.
             switch (input.family) {
             case UBUNTU:
-               return input.version.equals("") || input.version.equals("10.04") || input.version.equals("8");
+               return input.version.equals("") || input.version.equals("10.04") || input.version.equals("12.04") || input.version.equals("8");
             case DEBIAN:
                return input.version.equals("") || input.version.matches("[56].0");
             case FEDORA:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLiveTes
    @Test
    public void testDefaultTemplateBuilder() throws IOException {
       Template defaultTemplate = view.getComputeService().templateBuilder().build();
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "10.04");
+      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "12.04");
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.UBUNTU);
       assertEquals(getCores(defaultTemplate.getHardware()), 1.0d);
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ public class SoftLayerTemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLiveTes
 
    @Override
    protected Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.<String> of("SG", "NL", "US-CA", "US-TX", "US-VA", "US-WA", "US-TX");
+      return ImmutableSet.<String> of("SG", "US-CA", "US-TX", "US-VA", "US-WA");
    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest.java b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest.java
index f8c6eab88b..8732b7a540 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 @Test(groups = "live")
 public class BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceContextLiveTest {
 
+   public BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest() {
+      this.provider = "softlayer";
+   }
+
    protected RestContext<SoftLayerClient, SoftLayerAsyncClient> socontext;
 
    @BeforeGroups(groups = { "integration", "live" })