diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f65975cb7..8bf8647bff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.3
 
 replace (
 	// forked coredns so we don't carry caddy and other stuff into the Talos
-	github.com/coredns/coredns => github.com/siderolabs/coredns v1.11.2-0.20240313201213-4df2d63f3a59
+	github.com/coredns/coredns => github.com/siderolabs/coredns v1.11.2-0.20240521132834-c53c0816a023
 
 	// see https://github.com/mdlayher/kobject/pull/5
 	github.com/mdlayher/kobject => github.com/smira/kobject v0.0.0-20240304111826-49c8d4613389
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.50.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.53.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rifflock/lfshook v0.0.0-20180920164130-b9218ef580f5 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
@@ -334,11 +334,11 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.13 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.46.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.47.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d808af4909..3381798ac6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -603,10 +603,10 @@ github.com/pmorjan/kmod v1.1.1/go.mod h1:jR4fVosEpQ6b5U0rpxaqoShTDPvCjLIP8vEESZy
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0 h1:ygXvpU1AoN1MhdzckN+PyD9QJOSD4x7kmXYlnfbA6JU=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0/go.mod h1:ZRM9uEAypZakd+q/x7+gmsvXdURP+DABIEIjnmDdp+k=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
-github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 h1:k1v3CzpSRUTrKMppY35TLwPvxHqBu0bYgxZzqGIgaos=
-github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0/go.mod h1:NTQHnmxFpouOD0DpvP4XujX3CdOAGQPoaGhyTchlyt8=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.50.0 h1:YSZE6aa9+luNa2da6/Tik0q0A5AbR+U003TItK57CPQ=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.50.0/go.mod h1:wHFBCEVWVmHMUpg7pYcOm2QUR/ocQdYSJVQJKnHc3xQ=
+github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
+github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1/go.mod h1:OrxVMOVHjw3lKMa8+x6HeMGkHMQyHDk9E3jmP2AmGiY=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.53.0 h1:U2pL9w9nmJwJDa4qqLQ3ZaePJ6ZTwt7cMD3AG3+aLCE=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.53.0/go.mod h1:BrxBKv3FWBIGXw89Mg1AeBq7FSyRzXWI3l3e7W3RN5U=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.14.0 h1:Lw4VdGGoKEZilJsayHf0B+9YgLGREba2C6xr+Fdfq6s=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.14.0/go.mod h1:XL+Iwz8k8ZabyZfMFHPiilCniixqQarAy5Mu67pHlNQ=
 github.com/rifflock/lfshook v0.0.0-20180920164130-b9218ef580f5 h1:mZHayPoR0lNmnHyvtYjDeq0zlVHn9K/ZXoy17ylucdo=
@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 h1:we8PVUC3FE2uYfodKH/nBHMSetSfHDR6scGdBi+erh0=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/sethgrid/pester v1.2.0 h1:adC9RS29rRUef3rIKWPOuP1Jm3/MmB6ke+OhE5giENI=
 github.com/sethgrid/pester v1.2.0/go.mod h1:hEUINb4RqvDxtoCaU0BNT/HV4ig5kfgOasrf1xcvr0A=
-github.com/siderolabs/coredns v1.11.2-0.20240313201213-4df2d63f3a59 h1:4KUKehmQgLpN7EQSnoC7gaVV0aMZxdIvUzeK/G6cNCU=
-github.com/siderolabs/coredns v1.11.2-0.20240313201213-4df2d63f3a59/go.mod h1:YSan5DqpKY07i+tggHDVoPuDvdvjLYENIDOvh1yrSyg=
+github.com/siderolabs/coredns v1.11.2-0.20240521132834-c53c0816a023 h1:cPm3DeRPy4hCj2kjblSUdVC8lJqIOebwUruKglo8cEM=
+github.com/siderolabs/coredns v1.11.2-0.20240521132834-c53c0816a023/go.mod h1:l2/grz9CRvdXXw3bWQknSKPM3Yluk+I7NmNT7cNgVFs=
 github.com/siderolabs/crypto v0.4.4 h1:Q6EDBMR2Ub2oAZW5Xl8lrKB27bM3Sn8Gkfw3rngco5U=
 github.com/siderolabs/crypto v0.4.4/go.mod h1:hsR3tJ3aaeuhCChsLF4dBd9vlJVPvmhg4vvx2ez4aD4=
 github.com/siderolabs/discovery-api v0.1.4 h1:2fMEFSMiWaD1zDiBDY5md8VxItvL1rDQRSOfeXNjYKc=
@@ -799,20 +799,20 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.46.1 h1:SpGay3w+nEwMpfVnbqOLH5gY52/foP8RE8UzTZ1pdSE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.46.1/go.mod h1:4UoMYEZOC0yN/sPGH76KPkkU7zgiEWYWL9vwmbnTJPE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.47.0 h1:sv9kVfal0MK0wBMCOGr+HeJm9v803BkJxGrk2au7j08=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.47.0/go.mod h1:SK2UL73Zy1quvRPonmOmRDiWk1KBV3LyIeeIxcEApWw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0 h1:xS7Ku+7yTFvDfDraDIJVpw7XPyuHlB9MCiqqX5mcJ6Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0/go.mod h1:eoV4iAi3Ea8LkAEI9+GFT44O6T/D0GWAVFyZVCC6pMI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0 h1:jq9TW8u3so/bN+JPT166wjOI6/vQPF6Xe7nMNIltagk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0/go.mod h1:p8pYQP+m5XfbZm9fxtSKAbM6oIllS7s2AfxrChvc7iw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0 h1:0LAOdjNmQeSTzGBzduGe/rU4tZhMwL5rWgtp9Ku5Jfo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0/go.mod h1:W7b9Ozg4nkF5tWI5zsXkaKKDjdVjpD4oAt9Qi/MArHo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.20.0 h1:DeFD0VgTZ+Cj6hxravYYZE2W4GlneVH81iAOPjZkzk8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.20.0/go.mod h1:GijYcYmNpX1KazD5JmWGsi4P7dDTTTnfv1UbGn84MnU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0 h1:IeMeyr1aBvBiPVYihXIaeIZba6b8E1bYp7lbdxK8CQg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0/go.mod h1:oVdCUtjq9MK9BlS7TtucsQwUcXcymNiEDjgDD2jMtZU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 h1:lypMQnGyJYeuYPhOM/bgjbFM6WE44W1/T45er4d8Hhg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0/go.mod h1:evJGjVpZv0mQ5QBRJoBF64yMuOf4xCWdXjK8pzFvliY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 h1:6EhoGWWK28x1fbpA4tYTOWBkPefTDQnb8WSGXlc88kI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0/go.mod h1:VYhLe1rFfxuTXLgj4CBiyz+9WYBA8pNGJgDcSFRKBco=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 h1:FTt8qirL1EysG6sTQRZ5TokkU8d0ugCj8htOgThZXQ8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0/go.mod h1:Nna6Yv7PWTdgJHVRD9hIYywQBRx7pbox6nwBnZIxl/E=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 h1:Hg6pPujv0XG9QaVbGOBVHunyuLcCC3jN7WEhPx83XD0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0/go.mod h1:RbbHXVqKES9QhzZq/fE5UnOSILqRt40a21sPw2He1xo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 h1:CsKnnL4dUAr/0llH9FKuc698G04IrpWV0MQA/Y1YELI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0/go.mod h1:HPc3Xr/cOApsBI154IU0OI0HJexz+aw5uPdbs3UCjNU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sy6pihPLfYHkr3NkUbEhGHFhINUSI/v80hjKIs5JXpM=
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca h1:VdD38733bfYv5tUZwEIskMM93VanwNIi5bIKnDrJdEY=
diff --git a/internal/pkg/dns/dns.go b/internal/pkg/dns/dns.go
index d2cc5bfd28..5e8e5bf3a1 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/dns/dns.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/dns/dns.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/cache"
+	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/dnsutil"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/proxy"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/request"
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
@@ -37,7 +38,11 @@ type Cache struct {
 
 // NewCache creates a new Cache.
 func NewCache(next plugin.Handler, l *zap.Logger) *Cache {
-	c := cache.NewCache("zones", "view")
+	c := cache.NewCache(
+		"zones",
+		"view",
+		cache.WithNegativeTTL(10*time.Second, dnsutil.MinimalDefaultTTL),
+	)
 	c.Next = next
 
 	return &Cache{cache: c, logger: l}