diff --git a/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/KafkaRestFixture.java b/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/KafkaRestFixture.java
index 5a34aa5793..0df859fbf5 100644
--- a/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/KafkaRestFixture.java
+++ b/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/KafkaRestFixture.java
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ public void before() throws Exception {
     server = application.createServer();
     server.start();
     baseUri = server.getURI();
+    if (certificates != null && baseUri.getScheme().equals("http")) {
+      // If PROXY protocol is enabled, the base URI will come back as http because the first connection
+      // factory is not the SSL factory. If we want SSL, explicitly set the scheme here
+      baseUri = new URI(baseUri.toString().replace("http", "https"));
+    }
   }
 
   private KafkaRestConfig createConfigs() {
diff --git a/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/SchemaRegistryFixture.java b/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/SchemaRegistryFixture.java
index b6cebdf840..58e77f8bf0 100644
--- a/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/SchemaRegistryFixture.java
+++ b/kafka-rest/src/test/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/testing/SchemaRegistryFixture.java
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ public void before() throws Exception {
     server = new SchemaRegistryRestApplication(createConfigs()).createServer();
     server.start();
     baseUri = server.getURI();
+    if (certificates != null && baseUri.getScheme().equals("http")) {
+      // If PROXY protocol is enabled, the base URI will come back as http because the first connection
+      // factory is not the SSL factory. If we want SSL, explicitly set the scheme here
+      baseUri = new URI(baseUri.toString().replace("http", "https"));
+    }
     client =
         new CachedSchemaRegistryClient(
             singletonList(baseUri.toString()),
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 87ca7dbaea..53b95c874f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
         <artifactId>rest-utils-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>[7.1.0-0, 7.1.1-0)</version>
+        <version>7.1.0-0</version>
+        <!-- <version>[7.1.0-0, 7.1.1-0)</version> -->
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>kafka-rest-parent</artifactId>