diff --git a/files/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf b/files/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
index 26ca160..afbe832 100644
--- a/files/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
+++ b/files/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
             "name": "{{ config.mariadb.users['kea'].database }}",
             "user": "{{ config.mariadb.users['kea'].username }}",
             "password": "{{ config.mariadb.users['kea'].password }}",
-            "host": "localhost",
+            "host": "127.0.0.1",
             "port": 3306
         },
         "expired-leases-processing": {