diff --git a/lib/services/ios-debug-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-debug-service.ts
index 9ee2412f87..446698b477 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-debug-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-debug-service.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class IOSDebugService extends DebugServiceBase implements IPlatformDebugS
 			if (!port) {
 				this.$errors.fail("NativeScript debugger was not able to get inspector socket port.");
 			}
-			const socket = device ? await device.connectToPort(port) : net.connect(port);
+			const socket = device ? await device.connectToPort(port) : await this.$iOSEmulatorServices.connectToPort({ port });
 			this._sockets.push(socket);
 			return socket;
 		};
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index acd79a388f..51098a1a84 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
-  "version": "4.2.2",
+  "version": "4.2.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d69cb4f040..f040e592b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
   "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "4.2.2",
+  "version": "4.2.3",
   "author": "Telerik <support@telerik.com>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {