diff --git a/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/client/grpc_client.rs b/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/client/grpc_client.rs
index 0ac661b9e..a030c99b4 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/client/grpc_client.rs
+++ b/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/client/grpc_client.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::client::{
     replica_stat::{ReplicaIoStat, ReplicaIoStats},
 };
 use actix_web::http::Uri;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tonic::transport::Channel;
 use tracing::error;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn init_client() -> Result<GrpcClient, ExporterError> {
     let _ = get_node_name()?;
     let endpoint = Uri::builder()
         .scheme("https")
-        .authority(format!("{pod_ip}:10124"))
+        .authority(SocketAddr::new(pod_ip, 10124).to_string())
         .path_and_query("")
         .build()
         .map_err(|error| ExporterError::InvalidURI(error.to_string()))?;
diff --git a/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/main.rs b/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/main.rs
index 13bf2e4f8..c618b8ccf 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/main.rs
+++ b/metrics-exporter/src/bin/io_engine/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use crate::{
 use actix_web::{middleware, HttpServer};
 use clap::Parser;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
-use std::{env, net::SocketAddr};
+use std::{
+    env,
+    net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
+};
 use utils::tracing_telemetry::{FmtLayer, FmtStyle};
 
 /// Cache module for exporter.
@@ -26,8 +29,11 @@ async fn initialize_cache() {
 }
 
 /// Get pod ip from env.
-fn get_pod_ip() -> Result<String, ExporterError> {
-    env::var("MY_POD_IP").map_err(|_| ExporterError::PodIPError("Unable to get pod ip".to_string()))
+fn get_pod_ip() -> Result<IpAddr, ExporterError> {
+    let ip = env::var("MY_POD_IP")
+        .map_err(|_| ExporterError::PodIPError("Unable to get pod ip".to_string()))?;
+    ip.parse::<IpAddr>()
+        .map_err(|_| ExporterError::PodIPError("Invalid pod ip".to_string()))
 }
 
 /// Get node name from env.