diff --git a/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts b/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
index c520e36a08..6bc0aec74d 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import COMMANDS from './commands';
 import { RedisCommand, RedisCommandArguments, RedisCommandRawReply, RedisCommandReply, RedisModules, RedisPlugins, RedisScript, RedisScripts } from '../commands';
-import RedisSocket, { RedisSocketOptions, RedisNetSocketOptions, RedisTlsSocketOptions } from './socket';
+import RedisSocket, { RedisSocketOptions, RedisTlsSocketOptions } from './socket';
 import RedisCommandsQueue, { PubSubListener, PubSubSubscribeCommands, PubSubUnsubscribeCommands, QueueCommandOptions } from './commands-queue';
 import RedisClientMultiCommand, { RedisClientMultiCommandType } from './multi-command';
 import { RedisMultiQueuedCommand } from '../multi-command';
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { extendWithCommands, extendWithModulesAndScripts, LegacyCommandArguments
 import { Pool, Options as PoolOptions, createPool } from 'generic-pool';
 import { ClientClosedError, DisconnectsClientError } from '../errors';
 import { URL } from 'url';
+import { TcpSocketConnectOpts } from 'net';
 
 export interface RedisClientOptions<M extends RedisModules, S extends RedisScripts> extends RedisPlugins<M, S> {
     url?: string;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export default class RedisClient<M extends RedisModules, S extends RedisScripts>
         }
 
         if (port) {
-            (parsed.socket as RedisNetSocketOptions).port = Number(port);
+            (parsed.socket as TcpSocketConnectOpts).port = Number(port);
         }
 
         if (username) {
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/client/socket.ts b/packages/client/lib/client/socket.ts
index d42b42d64d..d9930072dd 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/client/socket.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/client/socket.ts
@@ -13,20 +13,13 @@ export interface RedisSocketCommonOptions {
     reconnectStrategy?(retries: number): number | Error;
 }
 
-export interface RedisNetSocketOptions extends RedisSocketCommonOptions {
-    port?: number;
-    host?: string;
-}
+export type RedisNetSocketOptions = Partial<net.SocketConnectOpts>;
 
-export interface RedisUnixSocketOptions extends RedisSocketCommonOptions {
-    path: string;
-}
-
-export interface RedisTlsSocketOptions extends RedisNetSocketOptions, tls.SecureContextOptions, tls.CommonConnectionOptions {
+export interface RedisTlsSocketOptions extends RedisSocketCommonOptions, tls.ConnectionOptions {
     tls: true;
 }
 
-export type RedisSocketOptions = RedisNetSocketOptions | RedisUnixSocketOptions | RedisTlsSocketOptions;
+export type RedisSocketOptions = RedisSocketCommonOptions & (RedisNetSocketOptions | RedisTlsSocketOptions);
 
 interface CreateSocketReturn<T> {
     connectEvent: string;
@@ -38,9 +31,9 @@ export type RedisSocketInitiator = () => Promise<void>;
 export default class RedisSocket extends EventEmitter {
     static #initiateOptions(options?: RedisSocketOptions): RedisSocketOptions {
         options ??= {};
-        if (!RedisSocket.#isUnixSocket(options)) {
-            (options as RedisNetSocketOptions).port ??= 6379;
-            (options as RedisNetSocketOptions).host ??= '127.0.0.1';
+        if (!(options as net.IpcSocketConnectOpts).path) {
+            (options as net.TcpSocketConnectOpts).port ??= 6379;
+            (options as net.TcpSocketConnectOpts).host ??= '127.0.0.1';
         }
 
         options.connectTimeout ??= 5000;
@@ -54,10 +47,6 @@ export default class RedisSocket extends EventEmitter {
         return Math.min(retries * 50, 500);
     }
 
-    static #isUnixSocket(options: RedisSocketOptions): options is RedisUnixSocketOptions {
-        return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'path');
-    }
-
     static #isTlsSocket(options: RedisSocketOptions): options is RedisTlsSocketOptions {
         return (options as RedisTlsSocketOptions).tls === true;
     }