--- a/test/jdk/java/net/SocketOption/TcpKeepAliveTest.java	Tue Jan 15 15:59:47 2019 -0800
+++ b/test/jdk/java/net/SocketOption/TcpKeepAliveTest.java	Wed Feb 27 13:34:40 2019 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  */
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.DatagramSocket;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.MulticastSocket;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
 
 public class TcpKeepAliveTest {
 
-    private static final String LOCAL_HOST = "127.0.0.1";
     private static final int DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_PROBES = 7;
     private static final int DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME = 1973;
     private static final int DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_INTVL = 53;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
 
         try (ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(0);
-                Socket s = new Socket(LOCAL_HOST, ss.getLocalPort());
+                Socket s = new Socket(InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress(), ss.getLocalPort());
                 DatagramSocket ds = new DatagramSocket(0);
                 MulticastSocket mc = new MulticastSocket(0)) {
             if (ss.supportedOptions().contains(ExtendedSocketOptions.TCP_KEEPIDLE)) {