diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c6cfb50507..16bdef9994 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ joserfc==1.7.4
 
 requests==2.34.2
 aiohttp==3.13.5 # do not update to 3.13.3 - broken
+aiodns==4.0.4 # makes aiohttp resolve DNS on the event loop instead of the threadpool
 async-timeout==5.0.1
 aiocache==0.12.3
 aiofiles==25.1.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ef3003da2d..2ad206ea08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
     "requests==2.34.2",
     "aiohttp==3.13.5", # do not update to 3.13.3 - broken
+    "aiodns==4.0.4", # makes aiohttp resolve DNS on the event loop instead of the threadpool
     "async-timeout==5.0.1",
     "aiocache==0.12.3",
     "aiofiles==25.1.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1e94aa3931..d9c4b53614 100644
--- a/uv.lock
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@@ -2999,6 +3011,7 @@ source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
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     { name = "aiocache" },
+    { name = "aiodns" },
     { name = "aiofiles" },
     { name = "aiohttp" },
     { name = "aiosqlite" },
@@ -3134,6 +3147,7 @@ dev = [
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     { name = "aiocache", specifier = "==0.12.3" },
+    { name = "aiodns", specifier = "==4.0.4" },
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     { name = "aiohttp", specifier = "==3.13.5" },
     { name = "aiosqlite", specifier = "==0.22.1" },
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