--- a/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/security/12.policy	Thu Mar 08 17:41:52 2018 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/security/12.policy	Thu Mar 08 17:42:16 2018 +0000
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
     permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "createClassLoader";
 
     // permissions specific to this test
-    permission java.net.URLPermission "http://127.0.0.1:${port.number}/files/foo.txt", "GET:*";
-    permission java.net.URLPermission "socket://127.0.0.1:${port.number1}", "CONNECT";
+    permission java.net.URLPermission "http://localhost:${port.number}/files/foo.txt", "GET:*";
+    permission java.net.URLPermission "socket://localhost:${port.number1}", "CONNECT";
 };
 
 
 // For proxy only. Not being tested
 grant codebase "file:${test.classes}/proxydir/-" {
     permission java.net.SocketPermission "localhost:1024-", "accept,listen,connect";
-    permission java.net.SocketPermission "127.0.0.1:1024-", "connect,resolve";
+    permission java.net.SocketPermission "localhost:1024-", "connect,resolve";
 };