diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md
index b176fffcd..1605bda0c 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The InfluxDB output plugin writes metrics to the [InfluxDB v2.x] HTTP service.
   ## Multiple URLs can be specified for a single cluster, only ONE of the
   ## urls will be written to each interval.
   ##   ex: urls = ["https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com"]
-  urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:8086"]
+  urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:9999"]
 
   ## Token for authentication.
   token = ""
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_internal_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_internal_test.go
index 67daff751..e9685da12 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_internal_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_internal_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ func TestMakeWriteURL(t *testing.T) {
 		act string
 	}{
 		{
-			url: genURL("http://localhost:8086"),
-			act: "http://localhost:8086/api/v2/write?bucket=telegraf&org=influx",
+			url: genURL("http://localhost:9999"),
+			act: "http://localhost:9999/api/v2/write?bucket=telegraf&org=influx",
 		},
 		{
 			url: genURL("unix://var/run/influxd.sock"),
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestMakeWriteURL(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			err: true,
-			url: genURL("udp://localhost:8086"),
+			url: genURL("udp://localhost:9999"),
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go
index b642b00be..23c3ff05e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestNewHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			err: true,
 			cfg: &influxdb.HTTPConfig{
-				URL: genURL("udp://localhost:8086"),
+				URL: genURL("udp://localhost:9999"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb.go
index 6076297f8..ccafbc4bd 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	defaultURL = "http://localhost:8086"
+	defaultURL = "http://localhost:9999"
 
 	ErrMissingURL = errors.New("missing URL")
 )
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## Multiple URLs can be specified for a single cluster, only ONE of the
   ## urls will be written to each interval.
   ##   ex: urls = ["https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com"]
-  urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:8086"]
+  urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:9999"]
 
   ## Token for authentication.
   token = ""
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_test.go
index 90a382391..25af4fe6a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func TestDefaultURL(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(output.URLs) < 1 {
 		t.Fatal("Default URL failed to get set")
 	}
-	require.Equal(t, "http://localhost:8086", output.URLs[0])
+	require.Equal(t, "http://localhost:9999", output.URLs[0])
 }
 func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			out: influxdb.InfluxDB{
 				URLs:      []string{"http://localhost:1234"},
-				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:8086",
+				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:9999",
 				HTTPHeaders: map[string]string{
 					"x": "y",
 				},
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 			err: true,
 			out: influxdb.InfluxDB{
 				URLs:      []string{"!@#$qwert"},
-				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:8086",
+				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:9999",
 				HTTPHeaders: map[string]string{
 					"x": "y",
 				},
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 			err: true,
 			out: influxdb.InfluxDB{
 				URLs:      []string{"!@#$%^&*()_+"},
-				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:8086",
+				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:9999",
 				HTTPHeaders: map[string]string{
 					"x": "y",
 				},
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 			err: true,
 			out: influxdb.InfluxDB{
 				URLs:      []string{":::@#$qwert"},
-				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:8086",
+				HTTPProxy: "http://localhost:9999",
 				HTTPHeaders: map[string]string{
 					"x": "y",
 				},