diff --git a/lib/rb/benchmark/benchmark.rb b/lib/rb/benchmark/benchmark.rb
index 20f40f0..1c1bcac 100644
--- a/lib/rb/benchmark/benchmark.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/benchmark/benchmark.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require 'thrift/transport/unixsocket'
 require 'stringio'
 
-HOST = 'localhost'
+HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 42587
 
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