diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aedd7699..5e3a2fd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Updated CA certificate handling to check OpenSSL environment variables before defaulting to certifi ([#196](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/196))
 - Updates `master` to `cluster_manager` to be inclusive ([#242](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/242))
 - Support a custom signing service name for AWS SigV4 ([#268](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/268))
+- Updated CI tests to make them work locally ([#275](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/275))
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py b/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py
index 06be4e00..9338636a 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from opensearchpy.exceptions import ConnectionError
 if "OPENSEARCH_URL" in os.environ:
     OPENSEARCH_URL = os.environ["OPENSEARCH_URL"]
 else:
-    OPENSEARCH_URL = "https://elastic:changeme@localhost:9200"
+    OPENSEARCH_URL = "https://admin:admin@localhost:9200"
 
 
 def get_test_client(nowait=False, **kwargs):
@@ -108,5 +108,6 @@ if "OPENSEARCH_VERSION" in os.environ:
 else:
     client = OpenSearch(
         OPENSEARCH_URL,
+        verify_certs=False,
     )
     OPENSEARCH_VERSION = opensearch_version(client)
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/run_tests.py b/test_opensearchpy/run_tests.py
index e978eea3..f7117ab9 100755
--- a/test_opensearchpy/run_tests.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/run_tests.py
@@ -113,15 +113,13 @@ def run_all(argv=None):
         if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
             ignores.append("test_opensearchpy/test_async/")
 
-        # GitHub Actions, run non-server tests
-        if "GITHUB_ACTION" in environ:
-            ignores.extend(
-                [
-                    "test_opensearchpy/test_server/",
-                    "test_opensearchpy/test_server_secured/",
-                    "test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_server/",
-                ]
-            )
+        ignores.extend(
+            [
+                "test_opensearchpy/test_server/",
+                "test_opensearchpy/test_server_secured/",
+                "test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_server/",
+            ]
+        )
 
         # Jenkins/Github actions, only run server tests
         if environ.get("TEST_TYPE") == "server":