diff --git a/test/system/250-systemd.bats b/test/system/250-systemd.bats
index 9521954f7d..677b07243a 100644
--- a/test/system/250-systemd.bats
+++ b/test/system/250-systemd.bats
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ LISTEN_FDNAMES=listen_fdnames" | sort)
     # stop systemd container
     service_cleanup
 
-    pasta_iface=$(default_ifname)
+    pasta_iface=$(default_ifname 4)
+    assert "$pasta_iface" != "" "pasta_iface is set"
 
     # now check that the rootless netns slirp4netns process is still alive and working
     run_podman unshare --rootless-netns ip addr
diff --git a/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats b/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
index 0f5da11636..8aced2020d 100644
--- a/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
+++ b/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
@@ -784,7 +784,8 @@ EOF
 @test "Podman unshare --rootless-netns with Pasta" {
     skip_if_remote "unshare is local-only"
 
-    pasta_iface=$(default_ifname)
+    pasta_iface=$(default_ifname 4)
+    assert "$pasta_iface" != "" "pasta_iface is set"
 
     # First let's force a setup error by making pasta be "false".
     ln -s /usr/bin/false $PODMAN_TMPDIR/pasta
@@ -802,7 +803,10 @@ EOF
     pasta_ip="$(default_addr 4)"
     host_ips=$(ip -4 -j addr | jq -r '.[] | select(.ifname != "lo") | .addr_info[].local')
 
-    for network in "pasta" "bridge"; do
+    netname=n_$(safename)
+    run_podman network create $netname
+
+    for network in "pasta" "$netname"; do
         # special exit code logic needed here, it is possible that there is no host.containers.internal
         # when there is only one ip one the host and that one is used by pasta.
         # As such we have to deal with both cases.
@@ -819,6 +823,8 @@ EOF
         fi
     done
 
+    run_podman network rm $netname
+
     first_host_ip=$(head -n 1 <<<"$host_ips")
     run_podman run --rm --network=pasta:-a,169.254.0.2,-g,169.254.0.1,-n,24 $IMAGE grep host.containers.internal /etc/hosts
     assert "$output" =~ "^$first_host_ip" "uses host first ip"