diff --git a/awc/CHANGES.md b/awc/CHANGES.md
index d3fd7147..83709e8c 100644
--- a/awc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/awc/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Do not send `Host` header on HTTP/2 requests, as it is not required, and some web servers may reject it.
 - Update `brotli` dependency to `7`.
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.75.
+- Replace `trust-dns-resolver` with `hickory-resolver` for DNS resolution in awc when using `trust-dns` feature.
 
 ## 3.5.1
 
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index 94eebcbc..3677183f 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ compress-zstd = ["actix-http/compress-zstd", "__compress"]
 # Cookie parsing and cookie jar
 cookies = ["dep:cookie"]
 
-# Use `trust-dns-resolver` crate as DNS resolver
-trust-dns = ["trust-dns-resolver"]
+# Use `trust-dns-resolver` crate as DNS resolver, deprecated in favor of `hickory-dns` which is a drop-in replacement
+trust-dns = ["hickory-dns"]
+# Use `hickory-dns-resolver` crate as DNS resolver
+hickory-dns = ["hickory-resolver"]
 
 # Internal (PRIVATE!) features used to aid testing and checking feature status.
 # Don't rely on these whatsoever. They may disappear at anytime.
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ tls-rustls-0_21 = { package = "rustls", version = "0.21", optional = true, featu
 tls-rustls-0_22 = { package = "rustls", version = "0.22", optional = true }
 tls-rustls-0_23 = { package = "rustls", version = "0.23", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
-trust-dns-resolver = { version = "0.23", optional = true }
+hickory-resolver = { version = "0.24.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-http = { version = "3.7", features = ["openssl"] }
diff --git a/awc/src/client/connector.rs b/awc/src/client/connector.rs
index a7c60682..5f952ea5 100644
--- a/awc/src/client/connector.rs
+++ b/awc/src/client/connector.rs
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "trust-dns"))]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "hickory-dns"))]
 mod resolver {
     use super::*;
 
@@ -1046,12 +1046,12 @@ mod resolver {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "trust-dns")]
+#[cfg(feature = "hickory-dns")]
 mod resolver {
     use std::{cell::RefCell, net::SocketAddr};
 
     use actix_tls::connect::Resolve;
-    use trust_dns_resolver::{
+    use hickory_resolver::{
         config::{ResolverConfig, ResolverOpts},
         system_conf::read_system_conf,
         TokioAsyncResolver,
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ mod resolver {
 
     pub(super) fn resolver() -> Resolver {
         // new type for impl Resolve trait for TokioAsyncResolver.
-        struct TrustDnsResolver(TokioAsyncResolver);
+        struct HickoryDnsResolver(TokioAsyncResolver);
 
-        impl Resolve for TrustDnsResolver {
+        impl Resolve for HickoryDnsResolver {
             fn lookup<'a>(
                 &'a self,
                 host: &'a str,
@@ -1085,11 +1085,11 @@ mod resolver {
 
         // resolver struct is cached in thread local so new clients can reuse the existing instance
         thread_local! {
-            static TRUST_DNS_RESOLVER: RefCell<Option<Resolver>> = const { RefCell::new(None) };
+            static HICKORY_DNS_RESOLVER: RefCell<Option<Resolver>> = const { RefCell::new(None) };
         }
 
-        // get from thread local or construct a new trust-dns resolver.
-        TRUST_DNS_RESOLVER.with(|local| {
+        // get from thread local or construct a new hickory dns resolver.
+        HICKORY_DNS_RESOLVER.with(|local| {
             let resolver = local.borrow().as_ref().map(Clone::clone);
 
             match resolver {
@@ -1099,15 +1099,15 @@ mod resolver {
                     let (cfg, opts) = match read_system_conf() {
                         Ok((cfg, opts)) => (cfg, opts),
                         Err(err) => {
-                            log::error!("Trust-DNS can not load system config: {err}");
+                            log::error!("Hickory-DNS can not load system config: {err}");
                             (ResolverConfig::default(), ResolverOpts::default())
                         }
                     };
 
                     let resolver = TokioAsyncResolver::tokio(cfg, opts);
 
-                    // box trust dns resolver and put it in thread local.
-                    let resolver = Resolver::custom(TrustDnsResolver(resolver));
+                    // box hickory dns resolver and put it in thread local.
+                    let resolver = Resolver::custom(HickoryDnsResolver(resolver));
                     *local.borrow_mut() = Some(resolver.clone());
 
                     resolver