diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx
index 7a3ccdd4f4c..68aa0bd5f5d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/PanelDataPane/PanelDataAlertingTab.test.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'whatwg-fetch';
 import { act, render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import { byTestId } from 'testing-library-selector';
 import { DataSourceApi } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PromOptions, PrometheusDatasource } from '@grafana/prometheus';
 import { locationService, setDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { fetchRules } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/prometheus';
 import { fetchRulerRules } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/ruler';
 import * as ruleActionButtons from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleActionsButtons';
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   MockDataSourceSrv,
   grantUserPermissions,
   mockDataSource,
+  mockFolder,
   mockPromAlertingRule,
   mockPromRuleGroup,
   mockPromRuleNamespace,
@@ -192,6 +195,9 @@ describe('PanelAlertTabContent', () => {
       AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalRead,
       AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite,
     ]);
+
+    jest.spyOn(backendSrv, 'getFolderByUid').mockResolvedValue(mockFolder());
+
     mocks.getAllDataSources.mockReturnValue(Object.values(dataSources));
     const dsService = new MockDataSourceSrv(dataSources);
     dsService.datasources[dataSources.prometheus.uid] = new PrometheusDatasource(
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/PublicDashboardPageProxy.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/PublicDashboardPageProxy.test.tsx
index 897c5df9678..132093c139a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/PublicDashboardPageProxy.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/PublicDashboardPageProxy.test.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'whatwg-fetch';
 import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import React from 'react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import { getGrafanaContextMock } from 'test/mocks/getGrafanaContextMock';
 import { selectors as e2eSelectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { GrafanaContext } from 'app/core/context/GrafanaContext';
+import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
 
 import { DashboardRoutes } from '../../../types';
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ function setup(props: Partial<PublicDashboardPageProxyProps>) {
 describe('PublicDashboardPageProxy', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     config.featureToggles.publicDashboardsScene = false;
+
+    // Mock the dashboard UID response so we don't get any refused connection errors
+    // from this test (as the fetch polyfill means this logic would actually try and call the API)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    jest.spyOn(backendSrv, 'getPublicDashboardByUid').mockResolvedValue({ dashboard: {}, meta: {} } as any);
   });
 
   describe('when scene feature enabled', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/extensions/AddToDashboard/index.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/extensions/AddToDashboard/index.test.tsx
index 4780b59492d..42bcf6d4e9a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/extensions/AddToDashboard/index.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/extensions/AddToDashboard/index.test.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'whatwg-fetch';
 import { act, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ describe('AddToDashboardButton', () => {
     setEchoSrv(new Echo());
   });
 
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Mock the search response so we don't get any refused connection errors
+    // from this test (as the fetch polyfill means this logic would actually try and call the API)
+    jest.spyOn(backendSrv, 'search').mockResolvedValue([]);
+  });
+
   it('Is disabled if explore pane has no queries', async () => {
     setup(<AddToDashboard exploreId={'left'} />, []);