diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/kata-exec.go b/src/runtime/cli/kata-exec.go
index d556f782ac..dba2e8f299 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/kata-exec.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/kata-exec.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	clientUtils "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/agent/protocols/client"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -82,7 +83,9 @@ var kataExecCLICommand = cli.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 
-		conn, err := getConn(namespace, sandboxID, port)
+		span.SetAttributes(label.Key("sandbox").String(sandboxID))
+		conn, err := getConn(sandboxID, port)
+
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -165,8 +168,8 @@ func (s *iostream) Read(data []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return s.conn.Read(data)
 }
 
-func getConn(namespace, sandboxID string, port uint64) (net.Conn, error) {
-	socketAddr := filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "containerd-shim", namespace, sandboxID, "shim-monitor.sock")
+func getConn(sandboxID string, port uint64) (net.Conn, error) {
+	socketAddr := filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "run", "vc", sandboxID, "shim-monitor")
 	client, err := kataMonitor.BuildUnixSocketClient(socketAddr, defaultTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go b/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
index d7b4bb1cac..7be8af41d7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
+++ b/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
 	cdshim "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
 	vc "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers"
 	vcAnnotations "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations"
@@ -189,9 +188,5 @@ func (s *service) mountPprofHandle(m *http.ServeMux, ociSpec *specs.Spec) {
 }
 
 func socketAddress(ctx context.Context, id string) (string, error) {
-	ns, err := namespaces.NamespaceRequired(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "containerd-shim", ns, id, "shim-monitor.sock"), nil
+	return filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "run", "vc", id, "shim-monitor"), nil
 }