diff --git a/.changelog/12359.txt b/.changelog/12359.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff00dad7d977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12359.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+csi: Fixed a bug where plugins written in NodeJS could fail to fingerprint
+```
diff --git a/plugins/csi/client.go b/plugins/csi/client.go
index 8c5185bbefff..1a4dcf0572b2 100644
--- a/plugins/csi/client.go
+++ b/plugins/csi/client.go
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ func newGrpcConn(addr string, logger hclog.Logger) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 		grpc.WithInsecure(),
 		grpc.WithUnaryInterceptor(logging.UnaryClientInterceptor(logger)),
 		grpc.WithStreamInterceptor(logging.StreamClientInterceptor(logger)),
+		grpc.WithAuthority("localhost"),
 		grpc.WithDialer(func(target string, timeout time.Duration) (net.Conn, error) {
 			return net.DialTimeout("unix", target, timeout)
 		}),