diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea80e316..32968bcb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## UNRELEASED
 
+BUG FIXES:
+* config: Fixed a bug where the Nomad strategy and target plugins would fail to connect to Nomad's Task API socket [[GH-966](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-autoscaler/pull/966)]
+
 ## 0.4.5 (August 13, 2024)
 
 IMPROVEMENTS:
diff --git a/sdk/helper/nomad/config.go b/sdk/helper/nomad/config.go
index 75578cc1..22041d16 100644
--- a/sdk/helper/nomad/config.go
+++ b/sdk/helper/nomad/config.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func MergeMapWithAgentConfig(m map[string]string, cfg *api.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Address != "" && m[configKeyNomadAddress] == "" {
-		m[configKeyNomadAddress] = cfg.Address
+		m[configKeyNomadAddress] = cfg.URL().String()
 	}
 	if cfg.Region != "" && m[configKeyNomadRegion] == "" {
 		m[configKeyNomadRegion] = cfg.Region