diff --git a/pymilvus/orm/connections.py b/pymilvus/orm/connections.py
index 1373f93c2..9bf19cb50 100644
--- a/pymilvus/orm/connections.py
+++ b/pymilvus/orm/connections.py
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ def __get_full_address(
             return address, None
 
         if uri != "":
+            if uri.startswith("unix:"):
+                return uri, None
             address, parsed = self.__parse_address_from_uri(uri)
             return address, parsed