diff --git a/acceptance/tests/environment/should_find_existing_production_environment.rb b/acceptance/tests/environment/should_find_existing_production_environment.rb
index 7a108e930be..ad5b096f6bd 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/environment/should_find_existing_production_environment.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/environment/should_find_existing_production_environment.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 test_name "should find existing production environment"
-tag 'audit:high'
+tag 'audit:medium'
 
 require 'puppet/acceptance/i18ndemo_utils'
 extend Puppet::Acceptance::I18nDemoUtils
diff --git a/acceptance/tests/i18n/modules/puppet_agent.rb b/acceptance/tests/i18n/modules/puppet_agent.rb
index bd2a2ef51f6..3d6c73ee5f9 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/i18n/modules/puppet_agent.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/i18n/modules/puppet_agent.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 test_name 'C100565: puppet agent with module should translate messages' do
   confine :except, :platform => /^solaris/ # translation not supported
 
-  tag 'audit:high',
+  tag 'audit:medium',
       'audit:acceptance'
 
   require 'puppet/acceptance/environment_utils.rb'