diff --git a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_pipe/mooncake_pipe.py b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_pipe/mooncake_pipe.py
index 46670026491..aa4b1ba7149 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_pipe/mooncake_pipe.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_pipe/mooncake_pipe.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
+import struct
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Optional, Union
@@ -115,14 +116,14 @@ def _setup_metadata_sockets(self, kv_rank: int, p_host: str, p_port: str,
         p_rank_offset = int(p_port) + 8 + self.local_rank * 2
         d_rank_offset = int(d_port) + 8 + self.local_rank * 2
         if kv_rank == 0:
-            self.sender_socket.bind(f"tcp://*:{p_rank_offset + 1}")
+            self.sender_socket.bind(f"tcp://{p_host}:{p_rank_offset + 1}")
             self.receiver_socket.connect(f"tcp://{d_host}:{d_rank_offset + 1}")
             self.sender_ack.connect(f"tcp://{d_host}:{d_rank_offset + 2}")
-            self.receiver_ack.bind(f"tcp://*:{p_rank_offset + 2}")
+            self.receiver_ack.bind(f"tcp://{p_host}:{p_rank_offset + 2}")
         else:
             self.receiver_socket.connect(f"tcp://{p_host}:{p_rank_offset + 1}")
-            self.sender_socket.bind(f"tcp://*:{d_rank_offset + 1}")
-            self.receiver_ack.bind(f"tcp://*:{d_rank_offset + 2}")
+            self.sender_socket.bind(f"tcp://{d_host}:{d_rank_offset + 1}")
+            self.receiver_ack.bind(f"tcp://{d_host}:{d_rank_offset + 2}")
             self.sender_ack.connect(f"tcp://{p_host}:{p_rank_offset + 2}")
 
     def initialize(self, local_hostname: str, metadata_server: str,
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ def read_bytes_from_buffer(self, buffer: int, length: int) -> bytes:
 
     def wait_for_ack(self, src_ptr: int, length: int) -> None:
         """Asynchronously wait for ACK from the receiver."""
-        ack = self.sender_ack.recv_pyobj()
+        ack = self.sender_ack.recv()
         if ack != b'ACK':
             logger.error("Failed to receive ACK from the receiver")
 
@@ -187,18 +188,22 @@ def send_bytes(self, user_data: bytes) -> None:
         length = len(user_data)
         src_ptr = self.allocate_managed_buffer(length)
         self.write_bytes_to_buffer(src_ptr, user_data, length)
-        self.sender_socket.send_pyobj((src_ptr, length))
+        self.sender_socket.send_multipart(
+            [struct.pack("!Q", src_ptr),
+             struct.pack("!Q", length)])
         self.buffer_cleaner.submit(self.wait_for_ack, src_ptr, length)
 
     def recv_bytes(self) -> bytes:
         """Receive bytes from the remote process."""
-        src_ptr, length = self.receiver_socket.recv_pyobj()
+        data = self.receiver_socket.recv_multipart()
+        src_ptr = struct.unpack("!Q", data[0])[0]
+        length = struct.unpack("!Q", data[1])[0]
         dst_ptr = self.allocate_managed_buffer(length)
         self.transfer_sync(dst_ptr, src_ptr, length)
         ret = self.read_bytes_from_buffer(dst_ptr, length)
 
         # Buffer cleanup
-        self.receiver_ack.send_pyobj(b'ACK')
+        self.receiver_ack.send(b'ACK')
         self.free_managed_buffer(dst_ptr, length)
 
         return ret