diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fcea7fa65f9..75dac1edc93 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/nsf/jsondiff v0.0.0-20210926074059-1e845ec5d249
-	github.com/slackhq/vitess-addons v0.19.0
+	github.com/slackhq/vitess-addons v0.19.0-vtops
 	github.com/slok/noglog v0.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
diff --git a/go/cmd/vtorc/cli/cli.go b/go/cmd/vtorc/cli/cli.go
index 44d60c4dfd7..a51b61a3b46 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtorc/cli/cli.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtorc/cli/cli.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
@@ -75,7 +76,16 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	log.Info("sleeping for 30s...\n")
 	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
-	vtopsCmd := exec.Command("/vt/v19/bin/vtops", "problems", "--hostname", "vtctld-dev-iad-wc2-jrda", "--raise", "--tablet", "tablet-iad-dev-loadtest-00-80-yq5s", "--problem", "orc-dead-tablet")
+
+	vtopsCmd := exec.Command("/vt/v19/bin/vtops", "problems", "--raise", "--tablet", "tablet-iad-dev-loadtest-00-80-yq5s", "--problem", "orc-dead-tablet")
+
+	vtopsCmd.Env = append(os.Environ(),
+		"HTTP_PROXY="+os.Getenv("VTOPS_HTTP_PROXY"),
+		"HTTPS_PROXY="+os.Getenv("VTOPS_HTTP_PROXY"),
+		"http_proxy="+os.Getenv("VTOPS_HTTP_PROXY"),
+		"https_proxy="+os.Getenv("VTOPS_HTTP_PROXY"),
+	)
+
 	// out, err := vtopsCmd.CombinedOutput()
 	// if err != nil {
 	// 	log.Errorf("Error executing vtops command for vtorc: %+v", err)
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/cached_client.go b/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/cached_client.go
index c0dd751ec30..1aa04888639 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/cached_client.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/cached_client.go
@@ -334,5 +334,5 @@ func (dialer *cachedConnDialer) Close() {
 }
 
 func getTabletAddr(tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) string {
-	return netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
+	return netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname+tempTinyspeckSuffix, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
 }
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/client.go b/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/client.go
index db00cafa2d6..d3c2aafced9 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/client.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/grpctmclient/client.go
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ const (
 	dialPoolGroupVTOrc
 )
 
+const tempTinyspeckSuffix = ".nebula.tinyspeck.com"
+
 type invalidatorFunc func()
 
 var (
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ func NewClient() *Client {
 
 // dial returns a client to use
 func (client *grpcClient) dial(ctx context.Context, tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) (tabletmanagerservicepb.TabletManagerClient, io.Closer, error) {
-	addr := netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
+	addr := netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname+tempTinyspeckSuffix, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
 	opt, err := grpcclient.SecureDialOption(cert, key, ca, crl, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ func (client *grpcClient) createTmc(addr string, opt grpc.DialOption) (*tmc, err
 }
 
 func (client *grpcClient) dialPool(ctx context.Context, tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) (tabletmanagerservicepb.TabletManagerClient, error) {
-	addr := netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
+	addr := netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname+tempTinyspeckSuffix, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
 	opt, err := grpcclient.SecureDialOption(cert, key, ca, crl, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ func (client *grpcClient) dialPool(ctx context.Context, tablet *topodatapb.Table
 }
 
 func (client *grpcClient) dialDedicatedPool(ctx context.Context, dialPoolGroup DialPoolGroup, tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) (tabletmanagerservicepb.TabletManagerClient, invalidatorFunc, error) {
-	addr := netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
+	addr := netutil.JoinHostPort(tablet.Hostname+tempTinyspeckSuffix, int32(tablet.PortMap["grpc"]))
 	opt, err := grpcclient.SecureDialOption(cert, key, ca, crl, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err