diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-ibm/pom.xml b/testing/indexer-test-ibm/pom.xml
index a7bf98e2dc98a054a9afa79ea0cf9ae29a5d9ddd..4ad93cb4413624cd9307f65e860e4fb730f7fdaa 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-ibm/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-ibm/pom.xml
@@ -171,32 +171,28 @@
                         <KEYCLOAK_REALM>OSDU</KEYCLOAK_REALM>
                         <KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_ID>osdu-login</KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_ID>
                         <AUTH_USER_ACCESS>osdu-user</AUTH_USER_ACCESS>
-                        <AUTH_USER_ACCESS_PASSWORD>password1</AUTH_USER_ACCESS_PASSWORD>
+                        <AUTH_USER_ACCESS_PASSWORD>REPLACE_ME</AUTH_USER_ACCESS_PASSWORD>
                         
+                    	<ENTITLEMENTS_DOMAIN>ibm.com</ENTITLEMENTS_DOMAIN>
                         <OTHER_RELEVANT_DATA_COUNTRIES>US</OTHER_RELEVANT_DATA_COUNTRIES>
+                        <!-- must be a valid, existing tag -->
                         <LEGAL_TAG>opendes-public-usa-dataset</LEGAL_TAG>
-                        <INTEGRATION_TEST_AUDIENCE>dontknowifneeded</INTEGRATION_TEST_AUDIENCE>
-                        <SEARCH_INTEGRATION_TESTER>dontknowifneeded</SEARCH_INTEGRATION_TESTER>
+                        
+                     	<!-- tenant1 MUSTG be opendes to work -->
                         <DEFAULT_DATA_PARTITION_ID_TENANT1>opendes</DEFAULT_DATA_PARTITION_ID_TENANT1>
 						<DEFAULT_DATA_PARTITION_ID_TENANT2>tenant2</DEFAULT_DATA_PARTITION_ID_TENANT2>
-						<!-- has to be the same ElasticSearch used by storage -->
-                        <!-- <ELASTIC_HOST>85e9c617-e295-460e-a2ff-048b18a76b22.blijs0dd0dcr4f55oehg.databases.appdomain.cloud</ELASTIC_HOST>
-                        <ELASTIC_USER_NAME>ibm_cloud_a3207231_f8ea_4ca5_9e7e_b63badc2e544</ELASTIC_USER_NAME>
-                        <ELASTIC_PASSWORD>61e86fddfd5b9385510e961bec444d95799258d41b635422e59b073610d7f62d</ELASTIC_PASSWORD>
-                        <ELASTIC_PORT>30842</ELASTIC_PORT> -->
+                                            
+						<STORAGE_HOST>http://localhost:8082/api/storage/v2/</STORAGE_HOST>
 						<ELASTIC_HOST>elasticsearch-instance-osdu-es.osduadev-a1c3eaf78a86806e299f5f3f207556f0-0000.us-south.containers.appdomain.cloud</ELASTIC_HOST>
-                        <ELASTIC_USER_NAME>elastic-internal</ELASTIC_USER_NAME>
-                        <ELASTIC_PASSWORD>mp7m94xrgz4t7rz758p4k79m</ELASTIC_PASSWORD>
-                        <ELASTIC_PORT>443</ELASTIC_PORT>
+                        <ELASTIC_USER_NAME>REPLACE_ME</ELASTIC_USER_NAME>
+                        <ELASTIC_PASSWORD>REPLACE_ME</ELASTIC_PASSWORD>
+                        <ELASTIC_PORT>443</ELASTIC_PORT> 
+    					
+    					<INTEGRATION_TEST_AUDIENCE>not-used-could-be-removed-from-test-core-config-java</INTEGRATION_TEST_AUDIENCE>
+                        <SEARCH_INTEGRATION_TESTER>not-used-could-be-removed-from-test-core-config-java</SEARCH_INTEGRATION_TESTER>
+                        <INDEXER_HOST>not-used-could-be-removed-from-test-core-config-java</INDEXER_HOST>
+                        <SEARCH_HOST>not-used-could-be-removed-from-test-core-config-java</SEARCH_HOST>
                         
-						<INDEXER_HOST></INDEXER_HOST>
-						<!-- <SEARCH_HOST>https://os-search-ibm-osdu-r2.osduadev-a1c3eaf78a86806e299f5f3f207556f0-0000.us-south.containers.appdomain.cloud/api/search/v2/</SEARCH_HOST>
-						<STORAGE_HOST>https://os-storage-ibm-osdu-r2.osduadev-a1c3eaf78a86806e299f5f3f207556f0-0000.us-south.containers.appdomain.cloud/api/storage/v2/</STORAGE_HOST> -->
-						<SEARCH_HOST>http://localhost:8085/api/search/v2/</SEARCH_HOST>
-						<STORAGE_HOST>http://localhost:8082/api/storage/v2/</STORAGE_HOST>
-						
-						<ENTITLEMENTS_DOMAIN>ibm.com</ENTITLEMENTS_DOMAIN>
-    
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>