diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c03a8d12..eae05e80 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ arc-swap = "1.7"
 # Cloud storage support
 base64 = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
 form_urlencoded = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
+hickory-resolver = { version = "0.25", optional = true }
 http-body-util = { version = "0.1.2", optional = true }
 httparse = { version = "1.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
 hyper = { version = "1.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ azure = ["cloud", "httparse"]
 fs = ["walkdir"]
 gcp = ["cloud", "rustls-pemfile"]
 aws = ["cloud", "md-5"]
+hickory-dns = ["dep:hickory-resolver", "reqwest?/hickory-dns"]
 http = ["cloud"]
 tls-webpki-roots = ["reqwest?/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
 integration = ["rand"]
diff --git a/src/azure/client.rs b/src/azure/client.rs
index 0748ae84..78b0087b 100644
--- a/src/azure/client.rs
+++ b/src/azure/client.rs
@@ -1567,7 +1567,10 @@ Time:2018-06-14T16:46:54.6040685Z</Message></Error>\r
         server.push_fn(move |req| {
             assert_eq!(req.method(), Method::PUT);
             assert_eq!(req.headers().get(IF_NONE_MATCH).unwrap(), "*");
-            Response::builder().status(status).body(String::new()).unwrap()
+            Response::builder()
+                .status(status)
+                .body(String::new())
+                .unwrap()
         });
 
         let credential_provider = Arc::new(StaticCredentialProvider::new(
diff --git a/src/client/dns.rs b/src/client/dns.rs
index 32e9291b..e765e4fe 100644
--- a/src/client/dns.rs
+++ b/src/client/dns.rs
@@ -16,35 +16,79 @@
 // under the License.
 
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
+use hickory_resolver::{config::LookupIpStrategy, TokioResolver};
 use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
 use reqwest::dns::{Addrs, Name, Resolve, Resolving};
+#[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
+use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
 
 type DynErr = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub(crate) struct ShuffleResolver;
 
 impl Resolve for ShuffleResolver {
     fn resolve(&self, name: Name) -> Resolving {
+        resolve_socket_addrs(name)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct HickoryShuffleResolver {
+    hickory: Arc<OnceCell<TokioResolver>>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
+impl Resolve for HickoryShuffleResolver {
+    fn resolve(&self, name: Name) -> Resolving {
+        let resolver = Arc::clone(&self.hickory);
+
         Box::pin(async move {
-            // use `JoinSet` to propagate cancelation
-            let mut tasks = JoinSet::new();
-            tasks.spawn_blocking(move || {
-                let it = (name.as_str(), 0).to_socket_addrs()?;
-                let mut addrs = it.collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-                addrs.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
-
-                Ok(Box::new(addrs.into_iter()) as Addrs)
-            });
-
-            tasks
-                .join_next()
-                .await
-                .expect("spawned on task")
-                .map_err(|err| Box::new(err) as DynErr)?
+            let resolver = resolver
+                .get_or_try_init(|| async {
+                    let mut builder = TokioResolver::builder_tokio()
+                        .map_err(|err| -> DynErr { Box::new(err) })?;
+                    builder.options_mut().ip_strategy = LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4AndIpv6;
+                    Ok::<TokioResolver, DynErr>(builder.build())
+                })
+                .await?;
+
+            let mut addrs = resolver
+                .lookup_ip(name.as_str())
+                .await?
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|ip_addr| std::net::SocketAddr::new(ip_addr, 0))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            addrs.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
+
+            Ok(Box::new(addrs.into_iter()) as Addrs)
         })
     }
 }
+
+fn resolve_socket_addrs(name: Name) -> Resolving {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        // use `JoinSet` to propagate cancelation
+        let mut tasks = JoinSet::new();
+        tasks.spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let it = (name.as_str(), 0).to_socket_addrs()?;
+            let mut addrs = it.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            addrs.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
+
+            Ok(Box::new(addrs.into_iter()) as Addrs)
+        });
+
+        tasks
+            .join_next()
+            .await
+            .expect("spawned on task")
+            .map_err(|err| Box::new(err) as DynErr)?
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index a71814b9..0da754f9 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -706,7 +706,15 @@ impl ClientOptions {
         builder = builder.no_gzip().no_brotli().no_zstd().no_deflate();
 
         if self.randomize_addresses.get()? {
-            builder = builder.dns_resolver(Arc::new(dns::ShuffleResolver));
+            #[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
+            {
+                builder = builder.dns_resolver(Arc::new(dns::HickoryShuffleResolver::default()));
+            }
+
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "hickory-dns"))]
+            {
+                builder = builder.dns_resolver(Arc::new(dns::ShuffleResolver::default()));
+            }
         }
 
         builder