diff --git a/loggers/morgan/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js b/loggers/morgan/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
index 3c4774b..8ff23c2 100644
--- a/loggers/morgan/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
+++ b/loggers/morgan/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ const apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start({
   serviceName: 'test-apm',
   centralConfig: false,
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  apmServerVersion: '8.2.0' // avoid APM server version check request
 })
 
 const app = require('express')()
diff --git a/loggers/pino/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js b/loggers/pino/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
index f2c54f4..ee71dde 100644
--- a/loggers/pino/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
+++ b/loggers/pino/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ const apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start({
   serviceName: 'test-apm',
   centralConfig: false,
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  apmServerVersion: '8.2.0' // avoid APM server version check request
 })
 
 const http = require('http')
diff --git a/loggers/winston/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js b/loggers/winston/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
index a67836e..0c6cd4d 100644
--- a/loggers/winston/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
+++ b/loggers/winston/test/serve-one-http-req-with-apm.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ const apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start({
   serviceName: 'test-apm',
   centralConfig: false,
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  apmServerVersion: '8.2.0' // avoid APM server version check request
 })
 
 const http = require('http')