diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27cdce5246c..4e6c4f9863f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.aayushatharva.brotli4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>brotli4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.0</version>
+      <version>1.12.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/ConnectionBase.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/ConnectionBase.java
index a5394ba175a..c354feac77c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/ConnectionBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/ConnectionBase.java
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ public SocketAddress remoteAddress() {
       address = socketAdressOverride(REMOTE_ADDRESS_OVERRIDE);
       if (address == null) {
         address = channelRemoteAddress();
+        if (address != null && address.isDomainSocket() && address.path().isEmpty()) {
+          address = channelLocalAddress();
+        }
       }
       if (address != null) {
         remoteAddress = address;
@@ -654,10 +657,6 @@ public SocketAddress remoteAddress(boolean real) {
 
   private SocketAddress channelLocalAddress() {
     java.net.SocketAddress addr = chctx.channel().localAddress();
-    if (addr == null && channel().getClass().getSimpleName().endsWith("DomainSocketChannel")) {
-      // Workaround bug https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/13417
-      return SocketAddress.domainSocketAddress("");
-    }
     return addr != null ? vertx.transport().convert(addr) : null;
   }
 
@@ -667,6 +666,9 @@ public SocketAddress localAddress() {
       address = socketAdressOverride(LOCAL_ADDRESS_OVERRIDE);
       if (address == null) {
         address = channelLocalAddress();
+        if (address != null && address.isDomainSocket() && address.path().isEmpty()) {
+          address = channelRemoteAddress();
+        }
       }
       if (address != null) {
         localAddress = address;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/net/NetTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/net/NetTest.java
index d7e0604b97a..902d49b0329 100755
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/net/NetTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/net/NetTest.java
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ public void  testSocketAddress() {
         assertEquals("127.0.0.1", addr.hostAddress());
       } else {
         assertEquals(testAddress.path(), addr.path());
-        assertEquals("", socket.remoteAddress().path());
+        assertEquals(testAddress.path(), socket.remoteAddress().path());
       }
       socket.close();
     }).listen(1234, "localhost").onComplete(onSuccess(v -> {
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ public void  testSocketAddress() {
           assertEquals(addr.port(), 1234);
         } else {
           assertEquals(testAddress.path(), addr.path());
-          assertEquals("", socket.localAddress().path());
+          assertEquals(testAddress.path(), socket.localAddress().path());
         }
         socket.closeHandler(v2 -> testComplete());
       }));