diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app2/Android.bp b/tests/cts/hostside/app2/Android.bp
index edfaf9f..db92f5c 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app2/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app2/Android.bp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 android_test_helper_app {
     name: "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsApp2",
     defaults: ["cts_support_defaults"],
-    sdk_version: "test_current",
+    platform_apis: true,
     static_libs: [
         "androidx.annotation_annotation",
         "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAidl",
diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app2/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/app2/MyBroadcastReceiver.java b/tests/cts/hostside/app2/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/app2/MyBroadcastReceiver.java
index 771b404..825f2c9 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app2/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/app2/MyBroadcastReceiver.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app2/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/app2/MyBroadcastReceiver.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 /**
@@ -182,6 +183,11 @@
             checkStatus = false;
             checkDetails = "Exception getting " + address + ": " + e;
         }
+        // If the app tries to make a network connection in the foreground immediately after
+        // trying to do the same when it's network access was blocked, it could receive a
+        // UnknownHostException due to the cached DNS entry. So, clear the dns cache after
+        // every network access for now until we have a fix on the platform side.
+        InetAddress.clearDnsCache();
         Log.d(TAG, checkDetails);
         final String state, detailedState;
         if (networkInfo != null) {