diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/azure_cognitive_search.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/azure_cognitive_search.py
index fb91dd188f6d0..19e13234bfb92 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/azure_cognitive_search.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/azure_cognitive_search.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever(BaseRetriever):
     api_key: str = ""
     """API Key. Both Admin and Query keys work, but for reading data it's
     recommended to use a Query key."""
-    api_version: str = "2020-06-30"
+    api_version: str = "2023-11-01"
     """API version"""
     aiosession: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
     """ClientSession, in case we want to reuse connection for better performance."""
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ def _build_search_url(self, query: str) -> str:
         url_suffix = get_from_env(
             "", "AZURE_COGNITIVE_SEARCH_URL_SUFFIX", DEFAULT_URL_SUFFIX
         )
-        base_url = f"https://{self.service_name}.{url_suffix}/"
+        if url_suffix in self.service_name and "https://" in self.service_name:
+            base_url = f"{self.service_name}/"
+        elif url_suffix in self.service_name and "https://" not in self.service_name:
+            base_url = f"https://{self.service_name}/"
+        elif url_suffix not in self.service_name and "https://" in self.service_name:
+            base_url = f"{self.service_name}.{url_suffix}/"
+        else:
+            base_url = self.service_name
         endpoint_path = f"indexes/{self.index_name}/docs?api-version={self.api_version}"
         top_param = f"&$top={self.top_k}" if self.top_k else ""
         return base_url + endpoint_path + f"&search={query}" + top_param
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/retrievers/test_azure_cognitive_search.py b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/retrievers/test_azure_cognitive_search.py
index 352588bef3e70..80c08e2e71695 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/retrievers/test_azure_cognitive_search.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/retrievers/test_azure_cognitive_search.py
@@ -7,22 +7,31 @@
 
 
 def test_azure_cognitive_search_get_relevant_documents() -> None:
-    """Test valid call to Azure Cognitive Search."""
+    """Test valid call to Azure Cognitive Search.
+
+    In order to run this test, you should provide a service name, azure search api key
+    and an index_name as arguments for the AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever in both tests.
+    """
     retriever = AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever()
-    documents = retriever.get_relevant_documents("what is langchain")
+
+    documents = retriever.get_relevant_documents("what is langchain?")
     for doc in documents:
         assert isinstance(doc, Document)
         assert doc.page_content
 
-    retriever = AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever(top_k=1)
-    documents = retriever.get_relevant_documents("what is langchain")
+    retriever = AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever()
+    documents = retriever.get_relevant_documents("what is langchain?")
     assert len(documents) <= 1
 
 
 async def test_azure_cognitive_search_aget_relevant_documents() -> None:
-    """Test valid async call to Azure Cognitive Search."""
+    """Test valid async call to Azure Cognitive Search.
+
+    In order to run this test, you should provide a service name, azure search api key
+    and an index_name as arguments for the AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever.
+    """
     retriever = AzureCognitiveSearchRetriever()
-    documents = await retriever.aget_relevant_documents("what is langchain")
+    documents = await retriever.aget_relevant_documents("what is langchain?")
     for doc in documents:
         assert isinstance(doc, Document)
         assert doc.page_content