diff --git a/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_acceptor_controller_test.go b/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_acceptor_controller_test.go
index b5b6b1aae9..0c7b3a30b7 100644
--- a/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_acceptor_controller_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_acceptor_controller_test.go
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ func TestReconcile_CreateUpdatePeeringAcceptor(t *testing.T) {
 			decodedTokenData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(string(createdSecret.Data["data"]))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			require.Contains(t, string(decodedTokenData), "\"CA\":")
+			require.Contains(t, string(decodedTokenData), "\"CA\":null")
 			require.Contains(t, string(decodedTokenData), "\"ServerAddresses\"")
-			require.Contains(t, string(decodedTokenData), "\"ServerName\":\"server.dc1.peering.11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555.consul\"")
+			require.Contains(t, string(decodedTokenData), "\"ServerName\":\"server.dc1.consul\"")
 			if len(tt.expectedTokenAddresses) > 0 {
 				for _, addr := range tt.externalAddresses {
 					require.Contains(t, string(decodedTokenData), addr)
@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ func TestAcceptorUpdateStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Equal(t, tt.expStatus.SecretRef.Backend, acceptor.SecretRef().Backend)
 			require.Equal(t, tt.expStatus.SecretRef.ResourceVersion, acceptor.SecretRef().ResourceVersion)
 			require.Equal(t, tt.expStatus.Conditions[0].Message, acceptor.Status.Conditions[0].Message)
+
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_dialer_controller_test.go b/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_dialer_controller_test.go
index 3c316212fb..287ce924a3 100644
--- a/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_dialer_controller_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/connect-inject/peering_dialer_controller_test.go
@@ -296,11 +296,8 @@ func TestReconcile_CreateUpdatePeeringDialer(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// If the peering is supposed to already exist in Consul, then establish a peering with the existing token, so the peering will exist on the dialing side.
 			if tt.peeringExists {
-				retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-					_, _, err = dialerClient.Peerings().Establish(context.Background(), api.PeeringEstablishRequest{PeerName: tt.peeringName, PeeringToken: encodedPeeringToken}, nil)
-					require.NoError(r, err)
-				})
-
+				_, _, err := dialerClient.Peerings().Establish(context.Background(), api.PeeringEstablishRequest{PeerName: tt.peeringName, PeeringToken: encodedPeeringToken}, nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				k8sObjects = append(k8sObjects, createSecret("dialer-token-old", "default", "token", "old-token"))
 				// Create a new token to be used by Reconcile(). The original token has already been
 				// used once to simulate establishing an existing peering.
@@ -427,12 +424,9 @@ func TestReconcile_VersionAnnotationPeeringDialer(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Create test consul server.
 			acceptorPeerServer, err := testutil.NewTestServerConfigT(t, func(c *testutil.TestServerConfig) {
-				// We set different cluster id for the connect CA because the server name,
-				// typically formatted as server.dc1.peering.<cluster_id>.consul
+				// We set the datacenter because the server name, typically formatted as "server.<datacenter>.<domain>"
 				// must be unique on the acceptor and dialer peers.
-				c.Connect["ca_config"] = map[string]interface{}{
-					"cluster_id": "00000000-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
-				}
+				c.Datacenter = "acceptor-dc"
 			})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			defer acceptorPeerServer.Stop()
@@ -505,11 +499,8 @@ func TestReconcile_VersionAnnotationPeeringDialer(t *testing.T) {
 			go watcher.Run()
 
 			// Establish a peering with the generated token.
-			retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
-				_, _, err = dialerClient.Peerings().Establish(context.Background(), api.PeeringEstablishRequest{PeerName: "peering", PeeringToken: generatedToken.PeeringToken}, nil)
-				require.NoError(r, err)
-			})
-
+			_, _, err = dialerClient.Peerings().Establish(context.Background(), api.PeeringEstablishRequest{PeerName: "peering", PeeringToken: generatedToken.PeeringToken}, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			k8sObjects = append(k8sObjects, createSecret("dialer-token-old", "default", "token", "old-token"))
 
 			// Create a new token to be potentially used by Reconcile(). The original token has already been