diff --git a/internal/liveness/liveness.go b/internal/liveness/liveness.go
index 778010e34..2c2fea4cd 100644
--- a/internal/liveness/liveness.go
+++ b/internal/liveness/liveness.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func recordLiveness(endpoint, drivername string, pollTime, timeout time.Duration
 		log.FatalLogMsg(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	csiConn, err := connlib.Connect(endpoint, liveMetricsManager)
+	csiConn, err := connlib.Connect(context.Background(), endpoint, liveMetricsManager)
 	if err != nil {
 		// connlib should retry forever so a returned error should mean
 		// the grpc client is misconfigured rather than an error on the network