diff --git a/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api.py b/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api.py
index 12c87c9d..b3c66145 100755
--- a/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api.py
+++ b/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ class TestDssApi(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        cls.client = hca.dss.DSSClient()
+        # Explicitly set to dss-integration rather than what the local config is set to.
+        # Ensures no bundles are uploaded to dss-prod from operators machine.
+        cls.client = hca.dss.DSSClient(swagger_url="https://dss.integration.data.humancellatlas.org/v1/swagger.json")
 
     def test_set_host(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as home:
diff --git a/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api_retry.py b/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api_retry.py
index 9123febd..53c3e3f4 100755
--- a/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api_retry.py
+++ b/test/integration/dss/test_dss_api_retry.py
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class TestDssApiRetry(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
+        # Explicitly set to dss-integration rather than what the local config is set to.
+        # Ensures no bundles are uploaded to dss-prod from operators machine.
+        cls.client = hca.dss.DSSClient(swagger_url="https://dss.integration.data.humancellatlas.org/v1/swagger.json")
+
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as src_dir:
             bundle_path = os.path.join(src_dir, "bundle")
             os.makedirs(bundle_path)
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ def test_get_retry(self):
         Test that GET methods are retried.  We instruct the server to fake a 504 with some probability, and we should
         retry until successful.
         """
-        client = hca.dss.DSSClient()
+        client = self.client
         file_uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())
         creator_uid = client.config.get("creator_uid", 0)
         version = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S.%fZ")
diff --git a/test/integration/dss/test_dss_cli.py b/test/integration/dss/test_dss_cli.py
index b662f777..d6ee0529 100755
--- a/test/integration/dss/test_dss_cli.py
+++ b/test/integration/dss/test_dss_cli.py
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 
 
 class TestDssCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        """
+        These tests rely on a logged in env, ensure that the current stage is not dss-prod
+        """
+        config = hca.get_config()
+        if "https://dss.data.humancellatlas.org" in config['DSSClient']['swagger_url']:
+            raise ValueError('Please change the DSS swagger endpoint in the HCA config file away from `dss-prod`\n'
+                             'For more information see: `https://github.com/HumanCellAtlas/dcp-cli#development`')
+
     def test_post_search_cli(self):
         query = json.dumps({})
         replica = "aws"