diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/unittest/web/TestXPathTable.java b/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/unittest/web/TestXPathTable.java
index 186c24067e9..35012be3647 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/unittest/web/TestXPathTable.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/unittest/web/TestXPathTable.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public TestXPathTable() {
     public void TestPutGet() throws SQLException {
         if (TestAll.skipIfNoDb()) return;
         logln("Testing " + TEST_COUNT + " xpaths");
-        Connection conn = DBUtils.getInstance().getDBConnection();
+        Connection conn = DBUtils.getInstance().getAConnection();
         XPathTable xpt = XPathTable.createTable(conn);
         DBUtils.closeDBConnection(conn);
         HashMap<Integer, String> s = new HashMap<>();
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public void TestRemoveDraftAltProposed() {
 
     public void TestNonDistinguishing() throws SQLException {
         if (TestAll.skipIfNoDb()) return;
-        Connection conn = DBUtils.getInstance().getDBConnection();
+        Connection conn = DBUtils.getInstance().getAConnection();
         XPathTable xpt = XPathTable.createTable(conn);
         DBUtils.closeDBConnection(conn);
 
diff --git a/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/TestSTFactory.java b/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/TestSTFactory.java
index 82ff8ab9264..809c7e18942 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/TestSTFactory.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-apps/src/test/java/org/unicode/cldr/web/TestSTFactory.java
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ public static STFactory createFactory() throws SQLException {
                 new File(CLDRPaths.BASE_DIRECTORY, "seed/annotations/").getAbsolutePath();
 
         et0 = new ElapsedTimer("setup DB");
-        Connection conn = DBUtils.getInstance().getDBConnection();
+        Connection conn = DBUtils.getInstance().getAConnection();
         System.err.println(et0.toString());
 
         et0 = new ElapsedTimer("setup Registry");