diff --git a/.github/docker/simple-server.compose.yml b/.github/docker/simple-server.compose.yml
index c4576f81c81..5aa1b6067e3 100644
--- a/.github/docker/simple-server.compose.yml
+++ b/.github/docker/simple-server.compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ services:
       - "6379"
 
   server:
+    container_name: simple-server
     image: simpledotorg/server:latest
     command: bash -c "rm -f tmp/pids/server.pid && bundle exec rake db:setup; bundle exec rails s -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'"
     expose:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_checks.yml
index a95a384215b..2c2b14a427a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_checks.yml
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker compose -f ".github/docker/simple-server.compose.yml" up -d
 
+      - name: Get Docker server IP address
+        run: |
+          IP_ADDRESS=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' simple-server)
+          echo "Docker container IP address is: $IP_ADDRESS"
+          echo "DOCKER_IP=$IP_ADDRESS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+
+      - name: Replace IP address in network security config
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/localhost/$DOCKER_IP/g" app/src/main/res/xml/network_config.xml
+          cat src/main/res/xml/network_config.xml
+
       - name: Cache AVD
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: avd-cache
@@ -176,10 +188,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build QA Test Artifacts
         id: build-instrumented-tests
-        env:
-          SIMPLE_SERVER_HOST: http://localhost:8420
         run: |
-          ./gradlew --build-cache --no-daemon -PmanifestEndpoint=$SIMPLE_SERVER_HOST/api/ assembleQaDebug assembleQaDebugAndroidTest
+          ./gradlew --build-cache --no-daemon -PmanifestEndpoint=http://$DOCKER_IP:8420/api/ assembleQaDebug assembleQaDebugAndroidTest
 
       - name: QA Android Tests
         id: run-instrumented-tests
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/network_config.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/network_config.xml
index f5dfbe7d47d..6195d19d1cb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/network_config.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/network_config.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <network-security-config>
   <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
-    <!--We use this local host and port for our integration tests in CI-->
+    <!-- We replace the localhost with Docker container IP address during CI -->
     <domain includeSubdomains="true">localhost</domain>
   </domain-config>
 </network-security-config>