diff --git a/rpc_deployment/roles/galera_client_cnf/templates/client_my.cnf b/rpc_deployment/roles/galera_client_cnf/templates/client_my.cnf
index 37e332c084..a310c1261f 100644
--- a/rpc_deployment/roles/galera_client_cnf/templates/client_my.cnf
+++ b/rpc_deployment/roles/galera_client_cnf/templates/client_my.cnf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [client]
-host={{ mysql_address }}
+socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 user=root
 password={{ mysql_password }}