diff --git a/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go b/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
index ab7ebf2041..3d7cc4c515 100644
--- a/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
+++ b/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/shim_management.go
@@ -186,5 +186,5 @@ func (s *service) mountPprofHandle(m *http.ServeMux, ociSpec *specs.Spec) {
 // SocketAddress returns the address of the abstract domain socket for communicating with the
 // shim management endpoint
 func SocketAddress(id string) string {
-	return filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "run", "vc", id, "shim-monitor")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s", filepath.Join(string(filepath.Separator), "run", "vc", id, "shim-monitor"))
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/pprof.go b/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/pprof.go
index 86f39c4667..4943455ff0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/pprof.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/pprof.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package katamonitor
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	cdshim "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func (km *KataMonitor) composeSocketAddress(r *http.Request) (string, error) {
 func (km *KataMonitor) proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
 
-	socket, err := km.composeSocketAddress(r)
+	socketAddress, err := km.composeSocketAddress(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		monitorLog.WithError(err).Error("failed to get shim monitor address")
 		serveError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "sandbox may be stopped or deleted")
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func (km *KataMonitor) proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	transport := &http.Transport{
 		DisableKeepAlives: true,
 		Dial: func(proto, addr string) (conn net.Conn, err error) {
-			return net.Dial("unix", "\x00"+socket)
+			return cdshim.AnonDialer(socketAddress, defaultTimeout)
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/shim_client.go b/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/shim_client.go
index ef4dc8a330..31d014e091 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/shim_client.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/kata-monitor/shim_client.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	cdshim "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
 	shim "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2"
 )
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func buildUnixSocketClient(socketAddr string, timeout time.Duration) (*http.Clie
 	transport := &http.Transport{
 		DisableKeepAlives: true,
 		Dial: func(proto, addr string) (conn net.Conn, err error) {
-			return net.Dial("unix", "\x00"+socketAddr)
+			return cdshim.AnonDialer(socketAddr, timeout)
 		},
 	}