diff --git a/src/CloudTest.jl b/src/CloudTest.jl
index b6b1203..1356955 100644
--- a/src/CloudTest.jl
+++ b/src/CloudTest.jl
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ publicPolicy(bucket) = """
 # use `with`, not `run`! if you `run`, it returns `conf, p`, where `p` is the server process
 # note that existing the Julia process *will not* stop the server process, which can easily
 # lead to "dangling" server processes. You can `kill(p)` to stop the server process manually
-function run(; dir=nothing, bucket=nothing, public=false, startupDelay=0.25, debug=false)
+function run(; dir=nothing, bucket=nothing, public=false, startupDelay=0.25, debug=false, bindIP="127.0.0.1")
     if dir === nothing
         dir = mktempdir()
     elseif !isdir(dir)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function run(; dir=nothing, bucket=nothing, public=false, startupDelay=0.25, deb
     end
     p, port = findOpenPorts(2) do ports
         port, cport = ports
-        cmd = _cmd(`$(minio_jll.minio()) server $dir --address :$(port) --console-address :$(cport)`)
+        cmd = _cmd(`$(minio_jll.minio()) server $dir --address $(bindIP):$(port) --console-address $(bindIP):$(cport)`)
         p = debug ? Base.run(cmd, devnull, stderr, stderr; wait=false) : Base.run(cmd; wait=false)
         sleep(startupDelay) # sleep just a little for server startup
         return p, port
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 1c704bf..bfa712c 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ end
 
 @time @testset "AWS" begin
     config = Ref{Any}()
-    Minio.with(startupDelay=3) do conf
+    Minio.with(bindIP="127.0.0.1", startupDelay=3) do conf
         config[] = conf
         credentials, bucket = conf
         csv = "a,b,c\n1,2,3\n4,5,$(rand())"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ end
     @test !isdir(config[].dir)
     @test success(config[].process)
     # test public access
-    Minio.with(startupDelay=3, public=true) do conf
+    Minio.with(bindIP="127.0.0.1", startupDelay=3, public=true) do conf
         credentials, bucket = conf
         csv = "a,b,c\n1,2,3\n4,5,$(rand())"
         AWS.put("$(bucket.baseurl)test.csv", [], csv; service="s3")
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ end
     mconfigs = Vector{Any}(undef, 10)
     aconfigs = Vector{Any}(undef, 10)
     @sync for i = 1:10
-        @async Minio.with(startupDelay=3) do conf
+        @async Minio.with(bindIP="127.0.0.1", startupDelay=3) do conf
             mconfigs[i] = conf
             credentials, bucket = conf
             csv = "a,b,c\n1,2,3\n4,5,$(rand())"
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ end
 
 # metrics hooks
 @time @testset "Cloud metrics hooks" begin
-    Minio.with(startupDelay=3) do conf
+    Minio.with(bindIP="127.0.0.1", startupDelay=3) do conf
         credentials, bucket = conf
         prereq_ref = Ref(0)
         metrics_ref = Ref{Any}()