diff --git a/addons/iap/tools/iap_tools.py b/addons/iap/tools/iap_tools.py
index ed89d1f9246..9d8e4dc9a53 100644
--- a/addons/iap/tools/iap_tools.py
+++ b/addons/iap/tools/iap_tools.py
@@ -6,14 +6,34 @@ import logging
 import json
 import requests
 import uuid
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from odoo import exceptions, _
+from odoo.tests.common import BaseCase
 from odoo.tools import pycompat
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_ENDPOINT = 'https://iap.odoo.com'
 
+
+# We need to mock iap_jsonrpc during tests as we don't want to perform real calls to RPC endpoints
+def iap_jsonrpc_mocked(*args, **kwargs):
+    raise exceptions.AccessError("Unavailable during tests.")
+
+
+iap_patch = patch('odoo.addons.iap.tools.iap_tools.iap_jsonrpc', iap_jsonrpc_mocked)
+
+
+def setUp(self):
+    old_setup_func(self)
+    iap_patch.start()
+    self.addCleanup(iap_patch.stop)
+
+
+old_setup_func = BaseCase.setUp
+BaseCase.setUp = setUp
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # Tools globals
 #----------------------------------------------------------