diff --git a/src/agentscope/models/ollama_model.py b/src/agentscope/models/ollama_model.py
index 38d679f2b..8d90cf803 100644
--- a/src/agentscope/models/ollama_model.py
+++ b/src/agentscope/models/ollama_model.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def __init__(
         model_name: str,
         options: dict = None,
         keep_alive: str = "5m",
+        host: Optional[Union[str, None]] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize the model wrapper for Ollama API.
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ def __init__(
             keep_alive (`str`, default `5m`):
                 Controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory
                 following the request.
+            host (`str`, default `None`):
+                The host port of the ollama server.
+                Defaults to `None`, which is 127.0.0.1:11434.
         """
 
         super().__init__(config_name=config_name)
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.model_name = model_name
         self.options = options
         self.keep_alive = keep_alive
+        self.client = ollama.Client(host=host, **kwargs)
 
         self._register_default_metrics()
 
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ def __init__(
         stream: bool = False,
         options: dict = None,
         keep_alive: str = "5m",
+        host: Optional[Union[str, None]] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize the model wrapper for Ollama API.
@@ -95,6 +101,9 @@ def __init__(
             keep_alive (`str`, default `5m`):
                 Controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory
                 following the request.
+            host (`str`, default `None`):
+                The host port of the ollama server.
+                Defaults to `None`, which is 127.0.0.1:11434.
         """
 
         super().__init__(
@@ -102,6 +111,7 @@ def __init__(
             model_name=model_name,
             options=options,
             keep_alive=keep_alive,
+            host=host,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
@@ -161,7 +171,7 @@ def __call__(
             },
         )
 
-        response = ollama.chat(**kwargs)
+        response = self.client.chat(**kwargs)
 
         if stream:
 
@@ -396,7 +406,7 @@ def __call__(
         keep_alive = keep_alive or self.keep_alive
 
         # step2: forward to generate response
-        response = ollama.embeddings(
+        response = self.client.embeddings(
             model=self.model_name,
             prompt=prompt,
             options=options,
@@ -485,7 +495,7 @@ def __call__(
         keep_alive = keep_alive or self.keep_alive
 
         # step2: forward to generate response
-        response = ollama.generate(
+        response = self.client.generate(
             model=self.model_name,
             prompt=prompt,
             options=options,
diff --git a/tests/ollama_test.py b/tests/ollama_test.py
index 094b44121..8a03e5c98 100644
--- a/tests/ollama_test.py
+++ b/tests/ollama_test.py
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ def setUp(self) -> None:
         }
         flush()
 
-    @patch("ollama.chat")
-    def test_ollama_chat(self, mock_chat: MagicMock) -> None:
+    @patch("agentscope.models.ollama_model.ollama")
+    def test_ollama_chat(self, mock_ollama: MagicMock) -> None:
         """Unit test for ollama chat API."""
         # prepare the mock
-        mock_chat.return_value = self.dummy_response
+        mock_ollama_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_ollama.Client.return_value = mock_ollama_client
+        mock_ollama_client.chat.return_value = self.dummy_response
 
         # run test
         agentscope.init(
@@ -118,11 +120,13 @@ def test_ollama_chat(self, mock_chat: MagicMock) -> None:
 
         self.assertEqual(response.raw, self.dummy_response)
 
-    @patch("ollama.embeddings")
-    def test_ollama_embedding(self, mock_embeddings: MagicMock) -> None:
+    @patch("agentscope.models.ollama_model.ollama")
+    def test_ollama_embedding(self, mock_ollama: MagicMock) -> None:
         """Unit test for ollama embeddings API."""
         # prepare the mock
-        mock_embeddings.return_value = self.dummy_embedding
+        mock_ollama_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_ollama.Client.return_value = mock_ollama_client
+        mock_ollama_client.embeddings.return_value = self.dummy_embedding
 
         # run test
         agentscope.init(
@@ -142,11 +146,13 @@ def test_ollama_embedding(self, mock_embeddings: MagicMock) -> None:
 
         self.assertEqual(response.raw, self.dummy_embedding)
 
-    @patch("ollama.generate")
-    def test_ollama_generate(self, mock_generate: MagicMock) -> None:
+    @patch("agentscope.models.ollama_model.ollama")
+    def test_ollama_generate(self, mock_ollama: MagicMock) -> None:
         """Unit test for ollama generate API."""
         # prepare the mock
-        mock_generate.return_value = self.dummy_generate
+        mock_ollama_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_ollama.Client.return_value = mock_ollama_client
+        mock_ollama_client.generate.return_value = self.dummy_generate
 
         # run test
         agentscope.init(