diff --git a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ITAppendableUploadTest.java b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ITAppendableUploadTest.java
index 9e3ae209fbbe..48cd81546f38 100644
--- a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ITAppendableUploadTest.java
+++ b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ITAppendableUploadTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 @RunWith(StorageITRunner.class)
 @CrossRun(
-    backends = {Backend.TEST_BENCH},
+    backends = {Backend.TEST_BENCH, Backend.PROD},
     transports = Transport.GRPC)
 @Parameterized(UploadConfigParameters.class)
 public final class ITAppendableUploadTest {
diff --git a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/runner/registry/BackendResources.java b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/runner/registry/BackendResources.java
index 40c0ee2a895c..bfe9a5768754 100644
--- a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/runner/registry/BackendResources.java
+++ b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/runner/registry/BackendResources.java
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ static BackendResources of(
               protectedBucketNames.add(bucketName);
               return new BucketInfoShim(
                   BucketInfo.newBuilder(bucketName)
-                      .setLocation(zone.get().get().getRegion())
+                      .setLocation("us-central1")
                       .setCustomPlacementConfig(
                           CustomPlacementConfig.newBuilder()
-                              .setDataLocations(ImmutableList.of(zone.get().get().getZone()))
+                              .setDataLocations(ImmutableList.of("us-central1-c"))
                               .build())
                       .setStorageClass(StorageClass.valueOf("RAPID"))
                       .setHierarchicalNamespace(