diff --git a/internal/autoscaler/protos/externalgrpc.pb.go b/internal/autoscaler/protos/externalgrpc.pb.go
index 6bc0ceb36..efb7c52bf 100644
--- a/internal/autoscaler/protos/externalgrpc.pb.go
+++ b/internal/autoscaler/protos/externalgrpc.pb.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 // 	protoc        v3.21.12
 // source: cloudprovider/externalgrpc/protos/externalgrpc.proto
 
+//lint:file-ignore SA1019 Generated protobuf compatibility shims may reference deprecated APIs.
+
 package protos
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/repositories/libvirt/adapter.go b/internal/repositories/libvirt/adapter.go
index c4eb4c943..9bf54bea0 100644
--- a/internal/repositories/libvirt/adapter.go
+++ b/internal/repositories/libvirt/adapter.go
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt"
+	libvirtsocket "github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/socket"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/poyrazk/thecloud/internal/core/ports"
 )
 
+type libvirtUnixDialer struct {
+	uri     string
+	timeout time.Duration
+}
+
+var _ libvirtsocket.Dialer = (*libvirtUnixDialer)(nil)
+
+func (d *libvirtUnixDialer) Dial() (net.Conn, error) {
+	return net.DialTimeout("unix", d.uri, d.timeout)
+}
+
 const (
 	defaultPoolName   = "default"
 	userDataFileName  = "user-data"
@@ -110,8 +122,8 @@ func NewLibvirtAdapter(logger *slog.Logger, uri string) (*LibvirtAdapter, error)
 		}
 	}
 
-	//nolint:staticcheck
-	l := libvirt.New(c)
+	_ = c.Close()
+	l := libvirt.NewWithDialer(&libvirtUnixDialer{uri: uri, timeout: 2 * time.Second})
 	adapter := &LibvirtAdapter{
 		client:             &RealLibvirtClient{conn: l},
 		logger:             logger,
diff --git a/internal/repositories/postgres/execution_ledger.go b/internal/repositories/postgres/execution_ledger.go
index 24f3e401b..19dc13a90 100644
--- a/internal/repositories/postgres/execution_ledger.go
+++ b/internal/repositories/postgres/execution_ledger.go
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ func (l *PgExecutionLedger) MarkFailed(ctx context.Context, jobKey string, reaso
 
 // GetStatus returns the current status, result and start time of a job.
 func (l *PgExecutionLedger) GetStatus(ctx context.Context, jobKey string) (status string, result string, startedAt time.Time, err error) {
-	var res pgx.Row
-	res = l.db.QueryRow(ctx, `
+	res := l.db.QueryRow(ctx, `
 		SELECT status, COALESCE(result, ''), started_at FROM job_executions WHERE job_key = $1
 	`, jobKey)