diff --git a/microcloud/test/includes/microcloud.sh b/microcloud/test/includes/microcloud.sh
index a47f7ce7f..fdeb22222 100644
--- a/microcloud/test/includes/microcloud.sh
+++ b/microcloud/test/includes/microcloud.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ unset_interactive_vars() {
   unset LOOKUP_IFACE LIMIT_SUBNET SKIP_SERVICE EXPECT_PEERS \
     SETUP_ZFS ZFS_FILTER ZFS_WIPE \
     SETUP_CEPH CEPH_WARNING CEPH_FILTER CEPH_WIPE SETUP_CEPHFS \
-    SETUP_OVN OVN_WARNING OVN_FILTER IPV4_SUBNET IPV4_START IPV4_END CUSTOM_DNS_ADDRESSES IPV6_SUBNET
+    SETUP_OVN OVN_WARNING OVN_FILTER IPV4_SUBNET IPV4_START IPV4_END DNS_ADDRESSES IPV6_SUBNET
 }
 
 # microcloud_interactive: outputs text that can be passed to `TEST_CONSOLE=1 microcloud init`
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ microcloud_interactive() {
   IPV4_SUBNET=${IPV4_SUBNET:-}                   # OVN ipv4 gateway subnet.
   IPV4_START=${IPV4_START:-}                     # OVN ipv4 range start.
   IPV4_END=${IPV4_END:-}                         # OVN ipv4 range end.
-  CUSTOM_DNS_ADDRESSES=${CUSTOM_DNS_ADDRESSES:-} # OVN custom DNS addresses.
+  DNS_ADDRESSES=${DNS_ADDRESSES:-}               # OVN custom DNS addresses.
   IPV6_SUBNET=${IPV6_SUBNET:-}                   # OVN ipv6 range.
 
   setup=$(cat << EOF
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ${IPV4_SUBNET}                                         # setup ipv4/ipv6 gateway
 ${IPV4_START}
 ${IPV4_END}
 ${IPV6_SUBNET}
-${CUSTOM_DNS_ADDRESSES}
+${DNS_ADDRESSES}
 EOF
 )
 fi
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ validate_system_lxd_ovn() {
 
   # Check that the created UPLINK network has the right DNS servers.
   if [ -n "${dns_namesersers}" ] ; then
-    dns_addresses=$(lxc exec "${name}" -- sh -c "lxc network get UPLINK dns.nameservers")
+    dns_addresses=$(lxc exec "local:${name}" -- sh -c "lxc network get UPLINK dns.nameservers")
     if [ "${dns_addresses}" != "${dns_namesersers}" ] ; then
       echo "ERROR: UPLINK network has wrong DNS server addresses: ${dns_addresses}"
       return 1
diff --git a/microcloud/test/suites/add.sh b/microcloud/test/suites/add.sh
index 0a137f36f..04dac3051 100644
--- a/microcloud/test/suites/add.sh
+++ b/microcloud/test/suites/add.sh
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ test_add_interactive() {
   export IPV4_SUBNET="10.1.123.1/24"
   export IPV4_START="10.1.123.100"
   export IPV4_END="10.1.123.254"
-  export CUSTOM_DNS_ADDRESSES="10.1.123.1,8.8.8.8" # comma-separated list of custom DNS addresses to be set for the OVN uplink.
   export IPV6_SUBNET="fd42:1:1234:1234::1/64"
+  export DNS_ADDRESSES="10.1.123.1,fd42:1:1234:1234::1"
   microcloud_interactive | lxc exec micro01 -- sh -c "microcloud init > out"
   lxc exec micro01 -- tail -1 out | grep "MicroCloud is ready" -q
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ test_add_interactive() {
   lxc exec micro01 -- tail -1 out | grep "MicroCloud is ready" -q
 
   for m in micro01 micro02 micro03 micro04 ; do
-    validate_system_lxd "${m}" 4 disk1 1 1 enp6s0 10.1.123.1/24 10.1.123.100-10.1.123.254 fd42:1:1234:1234::1/64
+    validate_system_lxd "${m}" 4 disk1 1 1 enp6s0 10.1.123.1/24 10.1.123.100-10.1.123.254 fd42:1:1234:1234::1/64  10.1.123.1,fd42:1:1234:1234::1
     validate_system_microceph "${m}" 1 disk2
     validate_system_microovn "${m}"
   done
diff --git a/microcloud/test/suites/basic.sh b/microcloud/test/suites/basic.sh
index 0af230efa..794af4d68 100644
--- a/microcloud/test/suites/basic.sh
+++ b/microcloud/test/suites/basic.sh
@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@ test_interactive() {
   export IPV4_START="10.1.123.100"
   export IPV4_END="10.1.123.254"
   export IPV6_SUBNET="fd42:1:1234:1234::1/64"
+  export DNS_ADDRESSES="10.1.123.1,8.8.8.8" 
   microcloud_interactive | lxc exec micro01 -- sh -c "microcloud init > out"
 
   lxc exec micro01 -- tail -1 out | grep "MicroCloud is ready" -q
   for m in micro01 micro02 micro03 ; do
-    validate_system_lxd "${m}" 3 disk1 0 0 "${OVN_FILTER}" "${IPV4_SUBNET}" "${IPV4_START}"-"${IPV4_END}" "${IPV6_SUBNET}"
+    validate_system_lxd "${m}" 3 disk1 0 0 "${OVN_FILTER}" "${IPV4_SUBNET}" "${IPV4_START}"-"${IPV4_END}" "${IPV6_SUBNET}" "${DNS_ADDRESSES}"
     validate_system_microovn "${m}"
   done
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ test_interactive() {
 
   lxc exec micro01 -- tail -1 out | grep "MicroCloud is ready" -q
   for m in micro01 micro02 micro03 ; do
-    validate_system_lxd "${m}" 3 disk1 3 1 "${OVN_FILTER}" "${IPV4_SUBNET}" "${IPV4_START}"-"${IPV4_END}" "${IPV6_SUBNET}"
+    validate_system_lxd "${m}" 3 disk1 3 1 "${OVN_FILTER}" "${IPV4_SUBNET}" "${IPV4_START}"-"${IPV4_END}" "${IPV6_SUBNET}" "${DNS_ADDRESSES}"
     validate_system_microceph "${m}" 1 disk2
     validate_system_microovn "${m}"
   done
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ test_case() {
         IPV4_START="10.1.123.100"
         IPV4_END="10.1.123.254"
         IPV6_SUBNET="fd42:1:1234:1234::1/64"
+        DNS_ADDRESSES="10.1.123.1,8.8.8.8"
 
         expected_ovn_iface="enp6s0"
       else
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ test_case() {
       name="$(printf "micro%02d" "${i}")"
 
       if [ -n "${expected_ovn_iface}" ]; then
-        validate_system_lxd "${name}" "${num_systems}" "${expected_zfs_disk}" "${expected_ceph_disks}" "${expected_cephfs}" "${expected_ovn_iface}" "${IPV4_SUBNET}" "${IPV4_START}"-"${IPV4_END}" "${IPV6_SUBNET}"
+        validate_system_lxd "${name}" "${num_systems}" "${expected_zfs_disk}" "${expected_ceph_disks}" "${expected_cephfs}" "${expected_ovn_iface}" "${IPV4_SUBNET}" "${IPV4_START}"-"${IPV4_END}" "${IPV6_SUBNET}" "${DNS_ADDRESSES}"
       else
         validate_system_lxd "${name}" "${num_systems}" "${expected_zfs_disk}" "${expected_ceph_disks}" "${expected_cephfs}" "${expected_ovn_iface}"
       fi