diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 27e91430c4..a0d4c5aff0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2826,7 +2826,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.31",
  "gpui",
  "gpui_tokio",
- "hickory-resolver",
  "http_client",
  "http_client_tls",
  "httparse",
@@ -4911,18 +4910,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3d8a32ae18130a3c84dd492d4215c3d913c3b07c6b63c2eb3eb7ff1101ab7bf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "enum-as-inner"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1e6a265c649f3f5979b601d26f1d05ada116434c87741c9493cb56218f76cbc"
-dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.101",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "enumflags2"
 version = "0.7.11"
@@ -7502,51 +7489,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dfa686283ad6dd069f105e5ab091b04c62850d3e4cf5d67debad1933f55023df"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hickory-proto"
-version = "0.24.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "92652067c9ce6f66ce53cc38d1169daa36e6e7eb7dd3b63b5103bd9d97117248"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "cfg-if",
- "data-encoding",
- "enum-as-inner",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-util",
- "idna",
- "ipnet",
- "once_cell",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "tinyvec",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "url",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hickory-resolver"
-version = "0.24.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cbb117a1ca520e111743ab2f6688eddee69db4e0ea242545a604dce8a66fd22e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "futures-util",
- "hickory-proto",
- "ipconfig",
- "lru-cache",
- "once_cell",
- "parking_lot",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "resolv-conf",
- "smallvec",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hidden-trait"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -8416,18 +8358,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipconfig"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b58db92f96b720de98181bbbe63c831e87005ab460c1bf306eb2622b4707997f"
-dependencies = [
- "socket2",
- "widestring",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
- "winreg 0.50.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.11.0"
@@ -9315,12 +9245,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linked-hash-map"
-version = "0.5.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linkify"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -9581,15 +9505,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lru-cache"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31e24f1ad8321ca0e8a1e0ac13f23cb668e6f5466c2c57319f6a5cf1cc8e3b1c"
-dependencies = [
- "linked-hash-map",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lsp"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -13423,7 +13338,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2 0.4.9",
- "hickory-resolver",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -13480,12 +13394,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "workspace-hack",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "resolv-conf"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95325155c684b1c89f7765e30bc1c42e4a6da51ca513615660cb8a62ef9a88e3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "resvg"
 version = "0.45.1"
@@ -18411,12 +18319,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasite",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "widestring"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd7cf3379ca1aac9eea11fba24fd7e315d621f8dfe35c8d7d2be8b793726e07d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wiggle"
 version = "29.0.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4093ab0c05..ffab3bdde5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ reqwest = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/reqwest.git", rev = "951c77
     "rustls-tls-native-roots",
     "socks",
     "stream",
-    "hickory-dns",
 ] }
 rsa = "0.9.6"
 runtimelib = {  git = "https://github.com/ConradIrwin/runtimed", rev = "7130c804216b6914355d15d0b91ea91f6babd734", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/crates/client/Cargo.toml b/crates/client/Cargo.toml
index c39da2c707..0d65b7ef21 100644
--- a/crates/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ feature_flags.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 gpui.workspace = true
 gpui_tokio.workspace = true
-# Don't update `hickory-resolver`, it has a bug that causes it to not resolve DNS queries correctly.
-# See https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/issues/3048
-hickory-resolver = { version = "0.24", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
 http_client.workspace = true
 http_client_tls.workspace = true
 httparse = "1.10"
diff --git a/crates/client/src/proxy.rs b/crates/client/src/proxy.rs
index 646586fd07..eb3812ca07 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/proxy.rs
@@ -3,30 +3,20 @@
 mod http_proxy;
 mod socks_proxy;
 
-use std::sync::LazyLock;
-
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
-use hickory_resolver::{
-    AsyncResolver, TokioAsyncResolver,
-    config::LookupIpStrategy,
-    name_server::{GenericConnector, TokioRuntimeProvider},
-    system_conf,
-};
 use http_client::Url;
 use http_proxy::{HttpProxyType, connect_http_proxy_stream, parse_http_proxy};
 use socks_proxy::{SocksVersion, connect_socks_proxy_stream, parse_socks_proxy};
-use tokio_socks::{IntoTargetAddr, TargetAddr};
-use util::ResultExt;
 
 pub(crate) async fn connect_proxy_stream(
     proxy: &Url,
     rpc_host: (&str, u16),
 ) -> Result<Box<dyn AsyncReadWrite>> {
-    let Some(((proxy_domain, proxy_port), proxy_type)) = parse_proxy_type(proxy).await else {
+    let Some(((proxy_domain, proxy_port), proxy_type)) = parse_proxy_type(proxy) else {
         // If parsing the proxy URL fails, we must avoid falling back to an insecure connection.
         // SOCKS proxies are often used in contexts where security and privacy are critical,
         // so any fallback could expose users to significant risks.
-        anyhow::bail!("Parsing proxy url type failed");
+        anyhow::bail!("Parsing proxy url failed");
     };
 
     // Connect to proxy and wrap protocol later
@@ -49,8 +39,10 @@ enum ProxyType<'t> {
     HttpProxy(HttpProxyType<'t>),
 }
 
-async fn parse_proxy_type(proxy: &Url) -> Option<((String, u16), ProxyType<'_>)> {
+fn parse_proxy_type(proxy: &Url) -> Option<((String, u16), ProxyType<'_>)> {
     let scheme = proxy.scheme();
+    let host = proxy.host()?.to_string();
+    let port = proxy.port_or_known_default()?;
     let proxy_type = match scheme {
         scheme if scheme.starts_with("socks") => {
             Some(ProxyType::SocksProxy(parse_socks_proxy(scheme, proxy)))
@@ -60,38 +52,8 @@ async fn parse_proxy_type(proxy: &Url) -> Option<((String, u16), ProxyType<'_>)>
         }
         _ => None,
     }?;
-    let (ip, port) = {
-        let host = proxy.host()?.to_string();
-        let port = proxy.port_or_known_default()?;
-        resolve_proxy_url_if_needed((host, port)).await.log_err()?
-    };
 
-    Some(((ip, port), proxy_type))
-}
-
-static SYSTEM_DNS_RESOLVER: LazyLock<AsyncResolver<GenericConnector<TokioRuntimeProvider>>> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| {
-        let (config, mut opts) = system_conf::read_system_conf().unwrap();
-        opts.ip_strategy = LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4AndIpv6;
-        TokioAsyncResolver::tokio(config, opts)
-    });
-
-async fn resolve_proxy_url_if_needed(proxy: (String, u16)) -> Result<(String, u16)> {
-    let proxy = proxy
-        .into_target_addr()
-        .context("Failed to parse proxy addr")?;
-    match proxy {
-        TargetAddr::Domain(domain, port) => {
-            let ip = SYSTEM_DNS_RESOLVER
-                .lookup_ip(domain.as_ref())
-                .await?
-                .into_iter()
-                .next()
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("No IP found for proxy domain {domain}"))?;
-            Ok((ip.to_string(), port))
-        }
-        TargetAddr::Ip(ip_addr) => Ok((ip_addr.ip().to_string(), ip_addr.port())),
-    }
+    Some(((host, port), proxy_type))
 }
 
 pub(crate) trait AsyncReadWrite:
diff --git a/crates/client/src/proxy/socks_proxy.rs b/crates/client/src/proxy/socks_proxy.rs
index faec2a30bd..9ccf4906d8 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/proxy/socks_proxy.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/proxy/socks_proxy.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! socks proxy
 
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
 use http_client::Url;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
@@ -10,8 +8,6 @@ use tokio_socks::{
     tcp::{Socks4Stream, Socks5Stream},
 };
 
-use crate::proxy::SYSTEM_DNS_RESOLVER;
-
 use super::AsyncReadWrite;
 
 /// Identification to a Socks V4 Proxy
@@ -77,14 +73,12 @@ pub(super) async fn connect_socks_proxy_stream(
     };
     let rpc_host = match (rpc_host, local_dns) {
         (TargetAddr::Domain(domain, port), true) => {
-            let ip_addr = SYSTEM_DNS_RESOLVER
-                .lookup_ip(domain.as_ref())
+            let ip_addr = tokio::net::lookup_host((domain.as_ref(), port))
                 .await
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to lookup domain {}", domain))?
-                .into_iter()
                 .next()
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to lookup domain {}", domain))?;
-            TargetAddr::Ip(SocketAddr::new(ip_addr, port))
+            TargetAddr::Ip(ip_addr)
         }
         (rpc_host, _) => rpc_host,
     };