diff --git a/tracing/opencensus/http_test.go b/tracing/opencensus/http_test.go
index 37d592e57..78ff7d587 100644
--- a/tracing/opencensus/http_test.go
+++ b/tracing/opencensus/http_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientTrace(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		err     error
 		rec     = &recordingExporter{}
-		rURL, _ = url.Parse("http://test.com/dummy/path")
+		rURL, _ = url.Parse("https://httpbin.org/get")
 	)
 
 	trace.RegisterExporter(rec)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientTrace(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("incorrect span name, want %s, have %s", want, have)
 		}
 
-		if want, have := "GET /dummy/path", span.Name; want != have && tr.name == "" {
+		if want, have := "GET /get", span.Name; want != have && tr.name == "" {
 			t.Errorf("incorrect span name, want %s, have %s", want, have)
 		}
 
diff --git a/tracing/zipkin/http_test.go b/tracing/zipkin/http_test.go
index c1164a7fd..6d42144f8 100644
--- a/tracing/zipkin/http_test.go
+++ b/tracing/zipkin/http_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientTracePropagatesParentSpan(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tr, _ := zipkin.NewTracer(rec)
 
-	rURL, _ := url.Parse("http://test.com")
+	rURL, _ := url.Parse("https://httpbin.org/get")
 
 	clientTracer := zipkinkit.HTTPClientTrace(tr)
 	ep := kithttp.NewClient(