diff --git a/arango/connection.py b/arango/connection.py
index 15ff3c7..8de2643 100644
--- a/arango/connection.py
+++ b/arango/connection.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def __init__(
         request_compression: Optional[RequestCompression] = None,
         response_compression: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
+        self._hosts = hosts
         self._url_prefixes = [f"{host}/_db/{db_name}" for host in hosts]
         self._host_resolver = host_resolver
         self._sessions = sessions