diff --git a/agent/src/util/device_plugin_builder.rs b/agent/src/util/device_plugin_builder.rs
index c9dd41b88..d20f161c9 100644
--- a/agent/src/util/device_plugin_builder.rs
+++ b/agent/src/util/device_plugin_builder.rs
@@ -249,8 +249,11 @@ impl DevicePluginBuilder {
         };
 
         // We will ignore this dummy uri because UDS does not use it.
+        // Some servers will check the uri content so the uri needs to
+        // be in valid format even it's not used, the scheme part is used
+        // to specific what scheme to use, such as http or https
         let kubelet_socket_closure = kubelet_socket.to_string();
-        let channel = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::]:50051")?
+        let channel = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::1]:50051")?
             .connect_with_connector(service_fn(move |_: Uri| {
                 UnixStream::connect(kubelet_socket_closure.clone())
             }))
diff --git a/agent/src/util/discovery_operator.rs b/agent/src/util/discovery_operator.rs
index eecb9ad97..e6fa5d0df 100644
--- a/agent/src/util/discovery_operator.rs
+++ b/agent/src/util/discovery_operator.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ impl DiscoveryOperator {
                 // Clone socket for closure which has static lifetime
                 let socket = socket.clone();
                 // We will ignore this dummy uri because UDS does not use it.
-                match Endpoint::try_from("http://[::]:50051")
+                // Some servers will check the uri content so the uri needs to
+                // be in valid format even it's not used, the scheme part is used
+                // to specific what scheme to use, such as http or https
+                match Endpoint::try_from("http://[::1]:50051")
                     .unwrap()
                     .connect_with_connector(tower::service_fn(move |_: Uri| {
                         let endpoint = socket.clone();
diff --git a/agent/src/util/registration.rs b/agent/src/util/registration.rs
index 4d5bd2204..9bf6d8204 100644
--- a/agent/src/util/registration.rs
+++ b/agent/src/util/registration.rs
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ mod tests {
             .await
             .is_ok());
         // Connect to registration service
-        let channel = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::]:50051")
+        let channel = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::1]:50051")
             .unwrap()
             .connect_with_connector(tower::service_fn(move |_: Uri| {
                 UnixStream::connect(registration_socket_path_string.clone())
diff --git a/discovery-utils/src/discovery/mod.rs b/discovery-utils/src/discovery/mod.rs
index 874633b13..6e6d2914c 100644
--- a/discovery-utils/src/discovery/mod.rs
+++ b/discovery-utils/src/discovery/mod.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ pub mod server {
                 Vec::new(),
             )
             .await;
-            let channel = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::]:50051")
+            let channel = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::1]:50051")
                 .unwrap()
                 .connect_with_connector(tower::service_fn(move |_: Uri| {
                     UnixStream::connect(discovery_handler_socket.clone())
diff --git a/discovery-utils/src/registration_client.rs b/discovery-utils/src/registration_client.rs
index b9deb4e16..32da1384a 100644
--- a/discovery-utils/src/registration_client.rs
+++ b/discovery-utils/src/registration_client.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ pub async fn register_discovery_handler(
     info!("register_discovery_handler - entered");
     loop {
         // We will ignore this dummy uri because UDS does not use it.
-        if let Ok(channel) = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::]:50051")?
+        // Some servers will check the uri content so the uri needs to
+        // be in valid format even it's not used, the scheme part is used
+        // to specific what scheme to use, such as http or https
+        if let Ok(channel) = Endpoint::try_from("http://[::1]:50051")?
             .connect_with_connector(tower::service_fn(move |_: Uri| {
                 tokio::net::UnixStream::connect(super::get_registration_socket())
             }))
diff --git a/shared/src/uds/unix_stream.rs b/shared/src/uds/unix_stream.rs
index 404f58dfc..ebfae6c6c 100644
--- a/shared/src/uds/unix_stream.rs
+++ b/shared/src/uds/unix_stream.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ pub async fn try_connect(socket_path: &str) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     {
         let path = socket_path.to_string();
         // We will ignore this dummy uri because UDS does not use it.
-        if let Ok(_v) = tonic::transport::Endpoint::try_from("http://[::]:50051")
+        // Some servers will check the uri content so the uri needs to
+        // be in valid format even it's not used, the scheme part is used
+        // to specific what scheme to use, such as http or https
+        if let Ok(_v) = tonic::transport::Endpoint::try_from("http://[::1]:50051")
             .map_err(|e| anyhow::format_err!("{}", e))?
             .connect_with_connector(tower::service_fn(move |_: tonic::transport::Uri| {
                 tokio::net::UnixStream::connect(path.clone())