diff --git a/src/test/java/io/streamnative/kop/KafkaIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/io/streamnative/kop/KafkaIntegrationTest.java
index 8941561898..3e08fa238c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/streamnative/kop/KafkaIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/streamnative/kop/KafkaIntegrationTest.java
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
  */
 package io.streamnative.kop;
 
+import static io.streamnative.kop.KafkaProtocolHandler.PLAINTEXT_PREFIX;
+import static io.streamnative.kop.KafkaProtocolHandler.SSL_PREFIX;
 import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertFalse;
 import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -112,8 +115,18 @@ private static void checkForErrorsInLogs(final String logs) {
     protected void setup() throws Exception {
 
         super.resetConfig();
+        // in order to access PulsarBroker when using Docker for Mac, we need to adjust things:
+        // - set pulsar advertized address to host IP
+        // - use the `host.testcontainers.internal` address exposed by testcontainers
+        String ip = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
+        System.out.println("exposing Pulsar broker on " + ip);
+        super.conf.setAdvertisedAddress(ip);
+        this.conf.setListeners(
+                PLAINTEXT_PREFIX + ip + ":" + kafkaBrokerPort + ","
+                        + SSL_PREFIX + ip + ":" + kafkaBrokerPortTls);
         super.internalSetup();
 
+
         if (!this.admin.clusters().getClusters().contains(this.configClusterName)) {
             // so that clients can test short names
             this.admin.clusters().createCluster(this.configClusterName,
@@ -156,7 +169,7 @@ void simpleProduceAndConsume(final String integration, final Optional<String> to
         System.out.println("topic created");
 
         final GenericContainer producer = new GenericContainer<>("streamnative/kop-test-" + integration)
-                .withEnv("KOP_BROKER", "localhost:" + super.kafkaBrokerPort)
+                .withEnv("KOP_BROKER", "host.testcontainers.internal:" + super.kafkaBrokerPort)
                 .withEnv("KOP_PRODUCE", "true")
                 .withEnv("KOP_TOPIC", topic.orElse(integration))
                 .withEnv("KOP_LIMIT", "10")
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@ void simpleProduceAndConsume(final String integration, final Optional<String> to
                 .withNetworkMode("host");
 
         final GenericContainer consumer = new GenericContainer<>("streamnative/kop-test-" + integration)
-                .withEnv("KOP_BROKER", "localhost:" + super.kafkaBrokerPort)
+                .withEnv("KOP_BROKER", "host.testcontainers.internal:" + super.kafkaBrokerPort)
                 .withEnv("KOP_TOPIC", topic.orElse(integration))
                 .withEnv("KOP_CONSUME", "true")
                 .withEnv("KOP_LIMIT", "10")