diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9583123a6..ab6c5fe0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 * Added type `TLS_CERTIFICATE` to `EntityType` and `FilterType` [PR 157](https://github.com/greenbone/python-gvm/pull/157)
+* Changed the `DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH` [PR 119](https://github.com/greenbone/python-gvm/pull/162)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/gvm/connections.py b/gvm/connections.py
index 4a10708e7..61752af6c 100644
--- a/gvm/connections.py
+++ b/gvm/connections.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT = 60  # in seconds
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60  # in seconds
 DEFAULT_GVM_PORT = 9390
-DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH = "/usr/local/var/run/gvmd.sock"
+DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH = "/var/run/gvmd.sock"
 MAX_SSH_DATA_LENGTH = 4095
 
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class UnixSocketConnection(GvmConnection):
     direct communicating UNIX-Socket
 
     Arguments:
-        path: Path to the socket. Default is "/usr/local/var/run/gvmd.sock".
+        path: Path to the socket. Default is "/var/run/gvmd.sock".
         timeout: Timeout in seconds for the connection. Default is 60 seconds.
     """