diff --git a/app/api/config.py b/app/api/config.py
index 8978086..67d6629 100644
--- a/app/api/config.py
+++ b/app/api/config.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     client_id: str | None = Field(alias="NB_QUERY_CLIENT_ID", default=None)
 
     @computed_field
+    @property
     def query_url(self) -> str:
         """Construct the URL of the graph store to be queried."""
         return f"http://{self.graph_address}:{self.graph_port}/{self.graph_db}"
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 3dab34c..8994749 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ markers =
     integration: mark integration tests that need the test graph to run
 ; Default to not running tests with the integration marker
 addopts = -m "not integration"
-; Note: The following environment variables are set before any tests
+; NOTE: The following environment variables are set to non-default values before any tests are run,
+; allowing us to actually test that user-provided values are parsed accurately from the environment
+; while avoiding issues related to import order in tests.
+; In individual tests, these values may then be overridden as needed to test downstream logic
+; by monkeypatching attributes of the global settings object
 env =
     NB_API_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=*
     NB_GRAPH_USERNAME=DBUSER
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index af8310f..46bd14e 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ def mock_auth_header() -> dict:
     return {"Authorization": "Bearer foo"}
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def set_graph_url_vars_for_integration_tests(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Set the graph URL to the default value for integration tests.
+
+    NOTE: These should correspond to the default configuration values, but are set explicitly here for clarity and
+    to override any environment defined in pytest.ini.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "graph_address", "localhost")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "graph_port", 7200)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "graph_db", "repositories/my_db")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def test_data():
     """Create valid aggregate response data for two toy datasets for testing."""
diff --git a/tests/test_query.py b/tests/test_query.py
index b552e4b..4e02636 100644
--- a/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_query.py
@@ -649,18 +649,15 @@ def test_query_without_token_succeeds_when_auth_disabled(
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def test_integration_query_without_auth_succeeds(
-    test_app, monkeypatch, disable_auth
+    test_app,
+    monkeypatch,
+    disable_auth,
+    set_graph_url_vars_for_integration_tests,
 ):
     """
     Running a test against a real local test graph
     should succeed when authentication is disabled.
     """
-    # Patching the query URL directly means we don't need to worry about the constituent
-    # graph environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        settings, "query_url", "http://localhost:7200/repositories/my_db"
-    )
-
     response = test_app.get(ROUTE)
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
@@ -727,15 +724,15 @@ def test_missing_derivatives_info_handled_by_nonagg_api_response(
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def test_only_imaging_and_phenotypic_sessions_returned_in_query_response(
-    test_app, monkeypatch, disable_auth
+    test_app,
+    monkeypatch,
+    disable_auth,
+    set_graph_url_vars_for_integration_tests,
 ):
     """
     Test that only sessions of type PhenotypicSession and ImagingSession are returned in an unaggregated query response.
     """
     monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "return_agg", False)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        settings, "query_url", "http://localhost:7200/repositories/my_db"
-    )
 
     response = test_app.get(ROUTE)
     assert response.status_code == 200
@@ -757,14 +754,16 @@ def test_only_imaging_and_phenotypic_sessions_returned_in_query_response(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
-def test_min_cell_size_removes_results(test_app, monkeypatch, disable_auth):
+def test_min_cell_size_removes_results(
+    test_app,
+    monkeypatch,
+    disable_auth,
+    set_graph_url_vars_for_integration_tests,
+):
     """
     If the minimum cell size is large enough, all results should be filtered out
     """
     monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "min_cell_size", 100)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        settings, "query_url", "http://localhost:7200/repositories/my_db"
-    )
 
     response = test_app.get(ROUTE)
     assert response.status_code == 200