diff --git a/pkg/probe/grpc/grpc.go b/pkg/probe/grpc/grpc.go
index 09a8064dae5..5c66af1e2d5 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/pkg/probe/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func (p grpcProber) Probe(host, service string, port int, timeout time.Duration)
 		grpc.WithUserAgent(fmt.Sprintf("kube-probe/%s.%s", v.Major, v.Minor)),
 		grpc.WithBlock(),
 		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()), //credentials are currently not supported
+		grpc.WithContextDialer(func(ctx context.Context, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+			return probe.ProbeDialer().DialContext(ctx, "tcp", addr)
+		}),
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)