diff --git a/dropwizard/service/build.gradle.kts b/dropwizard/service/build.gradle.kts
index 79130f042..8f8cc3c4c 100644
--- a/dropwizard/service/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dropwizard/service/build.gradle.kts
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core")
   implementation("org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-aws")
 
+  // override dnsjava version in dependencies due to https://github.com/dnsjava/dnsjava/issues/329
+  implementation(platform(libs.dnsjava))
+
   implementation(libs.hadoop.common) {
     exclude("org.slf4j", "slf4j-reload4j")
     exclude("org.slf4j", "slf4j-log4j12")
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index aaa459ae9..900cb466a 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ errorprone = { module = "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core", version = "2.2
 google-cloud-storage-bom = { module = "com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage-bom", version = "2.42.0" }
 guava = { module = "com.google.guava:guava", version = "33.3.0-jre" }
 h2 = { module = "com.h2database:h2", version = "2.3.232" }
+# Strict dnsjava downgrade due to https://github.com/dnsjava/dnsjava/issues/329
+dnsjava = { module = "dnsjava:dnsjava", version = "3.5.3!!" }
 hadoop-client-api = { module = "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client-api", version.ref = "hadoop" }
 hadoop-common = { module = "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common", version.ref = "hadoop" }
 hadoop-hdfs-client = { module = "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs-client", version.ref = "hadoop" }