diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml b/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml
index 07d5846c85d..9c9b41d2415 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ jobs:
         displayName: Start background dump collection
     - ${{ if eq(parameters.installNodeJs, 'true') }}:
       - task: NodeTool@0
-        displayName: Install Node 16.x
+        displayName: Install Node 18.x
         inputs:
-          versionSpec: 16.x
+          versionSpec: 18.x
     - ${{ if and(eq(parameters.installJdk, 'true'), eq(parameters.agentOs, 'Windows')) }}:
       - powershell: ./eng/scripts/InstallJdk.ps1
         displayName: Install JDK 11
diff --git a/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Selenium.cs b/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Selenium.cs
index eb46e5e1062..d3c2a12c761 100644
--- a/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Selenium.cs
+++ b/src/Components/benchmarkapps/Wasm.Performance/Driver/Selenium.cs
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ namespace Wasm.Performance.Driver;
 
 internal sealed class Selenium
 {
+    const string SeleniumHost = "127.0.0.1";
     const int SeleniumPort = 4444;
     const bool RunHeadlessBrowser = true;
 
     const bool PoolForBrowserLogs = true;
 
-    private static async ValueTask<Uri> WaitForServerAsync(int port, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    private static async ValueTask<Uri> WaitForServerAsync(string host, int port, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var uri = new UriBuilder("http", "localhost", port, "/wd/hub/").Uri;
+        var uri = new UriBuilder("http", host, port, "/wd/hub/").Uri;
         var httpClient = new HttpClient
         {
             BaseAddress = uri,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ internal sealed class Selenium
 
     public static async Task<RemoteWebDriver> CreateBrowser(CancellationToken cancellationToken, bool captureBrowserMemory = false)
     {
-        var uri = await WaitForServerAsync(SeleniumPort, cancellationToken);
+        var uri = await WaitForServerAsync(SeleniumHost, SeleniumPort, cancellationToken);
 
         var options = new ChromeOptions();
 
diff --git a/src/Shared/E2ETesting/SeleniumStandaloneServer.cs b/src/Shared/E2ETesting/SeleniumStandaloneServer.cs
index 30263168009..a635d47f985 100644
--- a/src/Shared/E2ETesting/SeleniumStandaloneServer.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/E2ETesting/SeleniumStandaloneServer.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.E2ETesting;
 
 public class SeleniumStandaloneServer : IDisposable
 {
+    private const string SeleniumHost = "127.0.0.1";
+    private const int SeleniumProcessTimeout = 3600; // 1h 30 min
+
     private static readonly SemaphoreSlim _semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(1);
 
     private Process _process;
@@ -30,9 +33,6 @@ public class SeleniumStandaloneServer : IDisposable
     private Process _sentinelProcess;
     private static IMessageSink _diagnosticsMessageSink;
 
-    // 1h 30 min
-    private const int SeleniumProcessTimeout = 3600;
-
     public SeleniumStandaloneServer(IMessageSink diagnosticsMessageSink)
     {
         if (Instance != null || _diagnosticsMessageSink != null)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class SeleniumStandaloneServer : IDisposable
     private static async Task InitializeInstance(ITestOutputHelper output)
     {
         var port = FindAvailablePort();
-        var uri = new UriBuilder("http", "localhost", port, "/wd/hub").Uri;
+        var uri = new UriBuilder("http", SeleniumHost, port, "/wd/hub").Uri;
 
         var seleniumConfigPath = typeof(SeleniumStandaloneServer).Assembly
             .GetCustomAttributes<AssemblyMetadataAttribute>()
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class SeleniumStandaloneServer : IDisposable
         var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
         {
             FileName = "npm",
-            Arguments = $"run selenium-standalone start -- --config \"{seleniumConfigPath}\" {chromeDriverArg} -- -port {port}",
+            Arguments = $"run selenium-standalone start -- --config \"{seleniumConfigPath}\" {chromeDriverArg} -- -host {SeleniumHost} -port {port}",
             RedirectStandardOutput = true,
             RedirectStandardError = true,
         };