diff --git a/src/client/http/mod.rs b/src/client/http/mod.rs
index bc2aeab42..f3172f261 100644
--- a/src/client/http/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/http/mod.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use super::{
     response::Response,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
-use crate::dns::hickory::{HickoryDnsResolver, LookupIpStrategy};
+use crate::dns::hickory::HickoryDnsResolver;
 use crate::{
     IntoUrl, Method, Proxy,
     client::{
@@ -254,9 +254,7 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
                 let mut resolver: Arc<dyn Resolve> = match config.dns_resolver {
                     Some(dns_resolver) => dns_resolver,
                     #[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
-                    None if config.hickory_dns => {
-                        Arc::new(HickoryDnsResolver::new(LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4thenIpv6)?)
-                    }
+                    None if config.hickory_dns => Arc::new(HickoryDnsResolver::new()),
                     None => Arc::new(GaiResolver::new()),
                 };
 
diff --git a/src/core/client/connect/dns/hickory.rs b/src/core/client/connect/dns/hickory.rs
index 0bb2f4929..585d33b80 100644
--- a/src/core/client/connect/dns/hickory.rs
+++ b/src/core/client/connect/dns/hickory.rs
@@ -1,52 +1,25 @@
 //! DNS resolution via the [hickory-resolver](https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns) crate
 
-use std::{net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc};
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, sync::LazyLock};
 
 use hickory_resolver::{
     TokioResolver,
-    config::{LookupIpStrategy as HickoryLookupIpStrategy, ResolverConfig},
+    config::{LookupIpStrategy, ResolverConfig},
     lookup_ip::LookupIpIntoIter,
     name_server::TokioConnectionProvider,
 };
 
 use super::{Addrs, Name, Resolve, Resolving};
 
-/// The lookup ip strategy
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-#[repr(u8)]
-pub enum LookupIpStrategy {
-    /// Only query for A (Ipv4) records
-    Ipv4Only,
-    /// Only query for AAAA (Ipv6) records
-    Ipv6Only,
-    /// Query for A and AAAA in parallel
-    #[default]
-    Ipv4AndIpv6,
-    /// Query for Ipv6 if that fails, query for Ipv4
-    Ipv6thenIpv4,
-    /// Query for Ipv4 if that fails, query for Ipv6
-    Ipv4thenIpv6,
-}
-
-impl LookupIpStrategy {
-    const fn to_hickory(self) -> HickoryLookupIpStrategy {
-        match self {
-            LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4Only => HickoryLookupIpStrategy::Ipv4Only,
-            LookupIpStrategy::Ipv6Only => HickoryLookupIpStrategy::Ipv6Only,
-            LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4AndIpv6 => HickoryLookupIpStrategy::Ipv4AndIpv6,
-            LookupIpStrategy::Ipv6thenIpv4 => HickoryLookupIpStrategy::Ipv6thenIpv4,
-            LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4thenIpv6 => HickoryLookupIpStrategy::Ipv4thenIpv6,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Wrapper around an `AsyncResolver`, which implements the `Resolve` trait.
+/// Wrapper around an [`TokioResolver`], which implements the `Resolve` trait.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct HickoryDnsResolver {
-    /// Since we might not have been called in the context of a
-    /// Tokio Runtime in initialization, so we must delay the actual
-    /// construction of the resolver.
-    state: Arc<TokioResolver>,
+    /// Shared, lazily-initialized Tokio-based DNS resolver.
+    ///
+    /// Backed by [`LazyLock`] to guarantee thread-safe, one-time creation.
+    /// On initialization, it attempts to load the system's DNS configuration;
+    /// if unavailable, it falls back to sensible default settings.
+    resolver: &'static LazyLock<TokioResolver>,
 }
 
 impl HickoryDnsResolver {
@@ -54,29 +27,28 @@ impl HickoryDnsResolver {
     /// which reads from `/etc/resolve.conf`. The options are
     /// overriden to look up for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
     /// to work with "happy eyeballs" algorithm.
-    pub fn new<S>(strategy: S) -> crate::Result<Self>
-    where
-        S: Into<Option<LookupIpStrategy>>,
-    {
-        let mut resolver = match TokioResolver::builder_tokio() {
-            Ok(resolver) => resolver,
-            Err(_err) => {
-                debug!("error reading DNS system conf: {}", _err);
-                TokioResolver::builder_with_config(
-                    ResolverConfig::default(),
-                    TokioConnectionProvider::default(),
-                )
-            }
-        };
-
-        resolver.options_mut().ip_strategy = strategy
-            .into()
-            .map(LookupIpStrategy::to_hickory)
-            .unwrap_or_default();
+    pub fn new() -> HickoryDnsResolver {
+        static RESOLVER: LazyLock<TokioResolver> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+            let mut builder = match TokioResolver::builder_tokio() {
+                Ok(resolver) => {
+                    debug!("using system DNS configuration");
+                    resolver
+                }
+                Err(_err) => {
+                    debug!("error reading DNS system conf: {}, using defaults", _err);
+                    TokioResolver::builder_with_config(
+                        ResolverConfig::default(),
+                        TokioConnectionProvider::default(),
+                    )
+                }
+            };
+            builder.options_mut().ip_strategy = LookupIpStrategy::Ipv4AndIpv6;
+            builder.build()
+        });
 
-        Ok(Self {
-            state: Arc::new(resolver.build()),
-        })
+        HickoryDnsResolver {
+            resolver: &RESOLVER,
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +60,7 @@ impl Resolve for HickoryDnsResolver {
     fn resolve(&self, name: Name) -> Resolving {
         let resolver = self.clone();
         Box::pin(async move {
-            let lookup = resolver.state.lookup_ip(name.as_str()).await?;
+            let lookup = resolver.resolver.lookup_ip(name.as_str()).await?;
             let addrs: Addrs = Box::new(SocketAddrs {
                 iter: lookup.into_iter(),
             });
diff --git a/src/core/client/connect/dns/mod.rs b/src/core/client/connect/dns/mod.rs
index 36c29f0c4..5a227cd92 100644
--- a/src/core/client/connect/dns/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/client/connect/dns/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! DNS resolution
 
-mod gai;
+pub(crate) mod gai;
 #[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
-pub mod hickory;
-mod resolve;
+pub(crate) mod hickory;
+pub(crate) mod resolve;
 
 pub use resolve::{Addrs, Name, Resolve, Resolving};