diff --git a/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/services/ControllerStatusService.kt b/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/services/ControllerStatusService.kt
index 3a5fac45d24662..5aadd6f5680b48 100644
--- a/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/services/ControllerStatusService.kt
+++ b/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/services/ControllerStatusService.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ object ControllerStatusService {
         retry(3) {
             val port = BuiltInServerManager.getInstance().waitForStart().port
             val httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-                .uri(URI.create("http://localhost:$port/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=$cwmToken"))
+                .uri(URI.create("http://127.0.0.1:$port/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=$cwmToken"))
                 .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                 .GET()
                 .build()
diff --git a/components/ide/jetbrains/launcher/main.go b/components/ide/jetbrains/launcher/main.go
index cd6074558badc5..6711dedcff89af 100644
--- a/components/ide/jetbrains/launcher/main.go
+++ b/components/ide/jetbrains/launcher/main.go
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func resolveGatewayLink(backendPort string, wsInfo *supervisor.WorkspaceInfoResp
 
 func resolveJsonLink(backendPort string) (string, error) {
 	var (
-		hostStatusUrl = "http://localhost:" + backendPort + "/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=gitpod"
+		hostStatusUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:" + backendPort + "/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=gitpod"
 		client        = http.Client{Timeout: 1 * time.Second}
 	)
 	resp, err := client.Get(hostStatusUrl)
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ func resolveJsonLink(backendPort string) (string, error) {
 
 func resolveJsonLink2(launchCtx *LaunchContext, backendPort string) (*JoinLinkResponse, error) {
 	var (
-		hostStatusUrl = "http://localhost:" + backendPort + "/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=gitpod"
+		hostStatusUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:" + backendPort + "/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=gitpod"
 		client        = http.Client{Timeout: 1 * time.Second}
 	)
 	resp, err := client.Get(hostStatusUrl)
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func resolveJsonLink2(launchCtx *LaunchContext, backendPort string) (*JoinLinkRe
 
 func terminateIDE(backendPort string) error {
 	var (
-		hostStatusUrl = "http://localhost:" + backendPort + "/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=gitpod&exit=true"
+		hostStatusUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:" + backendPort + "/codeWithMe/unattendedHostStatus?token=gitpod&exit=true"
 		client        = http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
 	)
 	resp, err := client.Get(hostStatusUrl)