diff --git a/shotover-proxy/tests/cassandra_int_tests/mod.rs b/shotover-proxy/tests/cassandra_int_tests/mod.rs
index efd1345b0..e0ac259fb 100644
--- a/shotover-proxy/tests/cassandra_int_tests/mod.rs
+++ b/shotover-proxy/tests/cassandra_int_tests/mod.rs
@@ -289,18 +289,21 @@ async fn cluster_multi_rack(#[case] driver: CassandraDriver) {
             "example-configs/cassandra-cluster-multi-rack/topology_rack1.yaml",
         )
         .with_log_name("Rack1")
+        .with_observability_port(9001)
         .start()
         .await;
         let shotover_rack2 = ShotoverProcessBuilder::new_with_topology(
             "example-configs/cassandra-cluster-multi-rack/topology_rack2.yaml",
         )
         .with_log_name("Rack2")
+        .with_observability_port(9002)
         .start()
         .await;
         let shotover_rack3 = ShotoverProcessBuilder::new_with_topology(
             "example-configs/cassandra-cluster-multi-rack/topology_rack3.yaml",
         )
         .with_log_name("Rack3")
+        .with_observability_port(9003)
         .start()
         .await;
 
@@ -319,21 +322,9 @@ async fn cluster_multi_rack(#[case] driver: CassandraDriver) {
         //Check for bugs in cross connection state
         native_types::test(&connection().await).await;
 
-        // TODO: This can be removed by allowing the ShotoverProcessBuilder to specify the `observability_interface`.
-        let metrics_port_collision = [EventMatcher::new()
-            .with_level(Level::Error)
-            .with_target("shotover_proxy::observability")
-            .with_message(r#"Metrics HTTP server failed: Failed to bind to 0.0.0.0:9001"#)
-            .with_count(Count::Any)];
-        shotover_rack1
-            .shutdown_and_then_consume_events(&metrics_port_collision)
-            .await;
-        shotover_rack2
-            .shutdown_and_then_consume_events(&metrics_port_collision)
-            .await;
-        shotover_rack3
-            .shutdown_and_then_consume_events(&metrics_port_collision)
-            .await;
+        shotover_rack1.shutdown_and_then_consume_events(&[]).await;
+        shotover_rack2.shutdown_and_then_consume_events(&[]).await;
+        shotover_rack3.shutdown_and_then_consume_events(&[]).await;
     }
 
     cluster::multi_rack::test_topology_task(None).await;
diff --git a/test-helpers/src/shotover_process.rs b/test-helpers/src/shotover_process.rs
index c88c400af..944186275 100644
--- a/test-helpers/src/shotover_process.rs
+++ b/test-helpers/src/shotover_process.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 pub use tokio_bin_process::event::{Event, Level};
 pub use tokio_bin_process::event_matcher::{Count, EventMatcher, Events};
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ pub struct ShotoverProcessBuilder {
     topology_path: String,
     log_name: Option<String>,
     cores: Option<String>,
+    observability_port: Option<u16>,
 }
 
 impl ShotoverProcessBuilder {
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ impl ShotoverProcessBuilder {
             topology_path: topology_path.to_owned(),
             log_name: None,
             cores: None,
+            observability_port: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -29,11 +32,32 @@ impl ShotoverProcessBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn with_observability_port(mut self, port: u16) -> Self {
+        self.observability_port = Some(port);
+        self
+    }
+
     pub async fn start(&self) -> BinProcess {
         let mut args = vec!["-t", &self.topology_path, "--log-format", "json"];
         if let Some(cores) = &self.cores {
             args.extend(["--core-threads", cores]);
         }
+        let config_path = if let Some(observability_port) = self.observability_port {
+            let config_path = std::env::temp_dir().join(Uuid::new_v4().to_string());
+            let config_contents = format!(
+                r#"
+---
+main_log_level: "info,shotover_proxy=info"
+observability_interface: "127.0.0.1:{observability_port}"
+"#
+            );
+            std::fs::write(&config_path, config_contents).unwrap();
+            config_path.into_os_string().into_string().unwrap()
+        } else {
+            "config/config.yaml".to_owned()
+        };
+        args.extend(["-c", &config_path]);
+
         let mut shotover = BinProcess::start_with_args(
             "shotover-proxy",
             &args,