diff --git a/nova/Chart.yaml b/nova/Chart.yaml
index 6f7892d2c4..97e5c7be30 100644
--- a/nova/Chart.yaml
+++ b/nova/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Nova
 name: nova
-version: 0.1.10
+version: 0.1.11
 home: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/
 icon: https://www.openstack.org/themes/openstack/images/project-mascots/Nova/OpenStack_Project_Nova_vertical.png
 sources:
diff --git a/nova/values.yaml b/nova/values.yaml
index d22da5f886..692d38155f 100644
--- a/nova/values.yaml
+++ b/nova/values.yaml
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ conf:
       auth_type: password
       send_service_user_token: false
     libvirt:
-      connection_uri: "qemu+tcp://127.0.0.1/system"
+      connection_uri: "qemu+unix:///system?socket=/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock"
       images_type: qcow2
       images_rbd_pool: vms
       images_rbd_ceph_conf: /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml
index 3102fcca34..7e3bc0dad0 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ nova:
   - 0.1.8 Change Issuer to ClusterIssuer
   - 0.1.9 Revert "Change Issuer to ClusterIssuer"
   - 0.1.10 Use HostToContainer mount propagation
+  - 0.1.11 Secure libvirt connection from using 127.0.0.1 to use unix socket