diff --git a/pkg/ttrpcutil/client.go b/pkg/ttrpcutil/client.go
index f05ab7aa9..e1c1b6cf9 100644
--- a/pkg/ttrpcutil/client.go
+++ b/pkg/ttrpcutil/client.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package ttrpcutil
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ type Client struct {
 // NewClient returns a new containerd TTRPC client that is connected to the containerd instance provided by address
 func NewClient(address string, opts ...ttrpc.ClientOpts) (*Client, error) {
 	connector := func() (*ttrpc.Client, error) {
-		conn, err := dialer.Dialer(address, ttrpcDialTimeout)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), ttrpcDialTimeout)
+		defer cancel()
+		conn, err := dialer.ContextDialer(ctx, address)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect: %w", err)
 		}