diff --git a/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-decoder-pod.yaml b/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-decoder-pod.yaml
index aaf7e1a80b..6e24e5a850 100644
--- a/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-decoder-pod.yaml
+++ b/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-decoder-pod.yaml
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ spec:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: status.podIP
         - name: VLLM_NIXL_SIDE_CHANNEL_PORT
-          value: "5557"
+          value: "5600"
         - name: HF_HUB_CACHE
           value: /vllm-workspace/models
         - name: VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL
           value: DEBUG
       ports:
-        - containerPort: 5557
+        - containerPort: 5600
           protocol: TCP
       volumeMounts:
         - name: model-cache
diff --git a/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-prefiller-pod.yaml b/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-prefiller-pod.yaml
index 1792a1c85a..d5bb900e53 100644
--- a/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-prefiller-pod.yaml
+++ b/test/sidecar/config/nixl/qwen-prefiller-pod.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
         - name: UCX_TLS
           value: "cuda_ipc,cuda_copy,tcp"
         - name: VLLM_NIXL_SIDE_CHANNEL_PORT
-          value: "5557"
+          value: "5600"
         - name: VLLM_NIXL_SIDE_CHANNEL_HOST
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ spec:
       ports:
         - containerPort: 8000
           protocol: TCP
-        - containerPort: 5557
+        - containerPort: 5600
           protocol: TCP
       resources:
         limits: