diff --git a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/TestUtil.java b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/TestUtil.java
index 28c6c391a..bbdf464d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/TestUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/TestUtil.java
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 
 public class TestUtil {
 
+    /**
+     * Base url where all test files for http tests are found
+     */
+    public static final String BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS = "https://personal.broadinstitute.org/picard/testdata/";
+
     public static File getTempDirectory(final String prefix, final String suffix) {
         final File tempDirectory;
         try {
diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/BAMRemoteFileTest.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/BAMRemoteFileTest.java
index 387de4e1a..4b686cf04 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/BAMRemoteFileTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/BAMRemoteFileTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package htsjdk.samtools;
 
 import htsjdk.samtools.util.CloserUtil;
+import htsjdk.samtools.util.TestUtil;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 public class BAMRemoteFileTest {
     private final File BAM_INDEX_FILE = new File("src/test/resources/htsjdk/samtools/BAMFileIndexTest/index_test.bam.bai");
     private final File BAM_FILE = new File("src/test/resources/htsjdk/samtools/BAMFileIndexTest/index_test.bam");
-    private final String BAM_URL_STRING = "http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam";
+    private final String BAM_URL_STRING = TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam";
     private final URL bamURL;
 
     private final boolean mVerbose = false;
diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/SamReaderFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/SamReaderFactoryTest.java
index 74adbf1b0..ece91e220 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/SamReaderFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/SamReaderFactoryTest.java
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@
 import htsjdk.samtools.seekablestream.SeekableFileStream;
 import htsjdk.samtools.seekablestream.SeekableHTTPStream;
 import htsjdk.samtools.seekablestream.SeekableStreamFactory;
-import htsjdk.samtools.util.Iterables;
-import htsjdk.samtools.util.Log;
-import htsjdk.samtools.util.RuntimeIOException;
-import htsjdk.samtools.util.StopWatch;
-
-import java.nio.file.Path;
+import htsjdk.samtools.util.*;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -21,9 +16,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
@@ -159,8 +154,8 @@ public void samRecordFactoryNullHeaderBAMTest() {
 
     {
         try {
-            bamUrl = new URL("http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam");
-            bamIndexUrl = new URL("http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam.bai");
+            bamUrl = new URL(TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam");
+            bamIndexUrl = new URL(TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam.bai");
         } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/seekablestream/SeekableStreamFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/seekablestream/SeekableStreamFactoryTest.java
index 979d9446f..5eb0af6f4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/seekablestream/SeekableStreamFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/samtools/seekablestream/SeekableStreamFactoryTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package htsjdk.samtools.seekablestream;
 
+import htsjdk.samtools.util.TestUtil;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ public void testIsFilePath() throws Exception {
                         new File(TEST_DATA_DIR, "cram_with_bai_index.cram").getAbsolutePath() },
                 { new URL("file://" + new File(TEST_DATA_DIR, "cram_with_bai_index.cram").getAbsolutePath()).toExternalForm(),
                         new File(TEST_DATA_DIR, "cram_with_bai_index.cram").getAbsolutePath() },
-                { new URL("http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam").toExternalForm(),
-                        new URL("http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam").toExternalForm() },
-                { new URL("http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam.bai").toExternalForm(),
-                       new URL("http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/index_test.bam.bai").toExternalForm() }
+                { new URL(TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam").toExternalForm(),
+                        new URL(TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam").toExternalForm() },
+                { new URL(TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam.bai").toExternalForm(),
+                       new URL(TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "index_test.bam.bai").toExternalForm() }
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/AbstractFeatureReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/AbstractFeatureReaderTest.java
index f266bc248..6d65e9dfc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/AbstractFeatureReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/AbstractFeatureReaderTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package htsjdk.tribble;
 
+import htsjdk.samtools.util.TestUtil;
 import htsjdk.tribble.bed.BEDCodec;
 import htsjdk.tribble.bed.BEDFeature;
 import htsjdk.tribble.readers.LineIterator;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 public class AbstractFeatureReaderTest {
 
-    final static String HTTP_INDEXED_VCF_PATH = "http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/ex2.vcf";
+    final static String HTTP_INDEXED_VCF_PATH = TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS + "ex2.vcf";
     final static String LOCAL_MIRROR_HTTP_INDEXED_VCF_PATH = VariantBaseTest.variantTestDataRoot + "ex2.vcf";
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/readers/TabixReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/readers/TabixReaderTest.java
index 832cf4ddd..d7b36dfab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/readers/TabixReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/tribble/readers/TabixReaderTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package htsjdk.tribble.readers;
 
 
+import htsjdk.samtools.util.TestUtil;
 import htsjdk.tribble.TestUtils;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public void testLocalQuery() throws IOException {
      */
     @Test
     public void testRemoteQuery() throws IOException {
-        String tabixFile = "http://www.broadinstitute.org/~picard/testdata/igvdata/tabix/trioDup.vcf.gz";
+        String tabixFile = TestUtil.BASE_URL_FOR_HTTP_TESTS +"igvdata/tabix/trioDup.vcf.gz";
 
         TabixReader tabixReader = new TabixReader(tabixFile);