diff --git a/tubular/scripts/dd_synthetic_tests.py b/tubular/scripts/dd_synthetic_tests.py
index 4712dd7c..1cfdd2dd 100644
--- a/tubular/scripts/dd_synthetic_tests.py
+++ b/tubular/scripts/dd_synthetic_tests.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 class DatadogClient:
     ''' Invokes datadog API to run and monitor synthetic tests '''
 
+    DATADOG_SYNTHETIC_TESTS_API_URL = "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests"
     DATADOG_SYNTHETIC_TESTS_API_URL = "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests"
     MAX_ALLOWABLE_TIME_SECS = 300 # 5 minutes
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ def trigger_synthetic_tests(self, test_requests: [dict]) -> str:
         if self.test_run_id:
             raise Exception("Datadog error: tests already triggered")
 
-        url = f"{self.DATADOG_SYNTHETIC_TESTS_API_URL}/trigger"
+        url = f"{self.DATADOG_SYNTHETIC_TESTS_API_URL}/trigger/ci"
         headers = {
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
             "DD-API-KEY": self.api_key,