diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e861df9e..9a10af14 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -269,14 +269,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-as-inner"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9720bba047d567ffc8a3cba48bf19126600e249ab7f128e9233e6376976a116"
+checksum = "5ffccbb6966c05b32ef8fbac435df276c4ae4d3dc55a8cd0eb9745e6c12f546a"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -481,6 +481,51 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d77f7ec81a6d05a3abb01ab6eb7590f6083d08449fe5a1c8b1e620283546ccb7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hickory-proto"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "091a6fbccf4860009355e3efc52ff4acf37a63489aad7435372d44ceeb6fbbcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "enum-as-inner",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-util",
+ "idna 0.4.0",
+ "ipnet",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hickory-resolver"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35b8f021164e6a984c9030023544c57789c51760065cd510572fedcfb04164e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hickory-proto",
+ "ipconfig",
+ "lru-cache",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rand",
+ "resolv-conf",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hostname"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -529,11 +574,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "418a0a6fab821475f634efe3ccc45c013f742efe03d853e8d3355d5cb850ecf8"
+checksum = "7d20d6b07bfbc108882d88ed8e37d39636dcc260e15e30c45e6ba089610b917c"
 dependencies = [
- "matches",
  "unicode-bidi",
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
@@ -742,12 +786,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ffbee8634e0d45d258acb448e7eaab3fce7a0a467395d4d9f228e3c1f01fb2e4"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matches"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.6.4"
@@ -993,7 +1031,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "realm"
-version = "2.4.6"
+version = "2.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "chrono",
@@ -1014,11 +1052,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "realm_core"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
+ "hickory-resolver",
  "kaminari",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1029,7 +1068,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "realm_lb 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "realm_syscall 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio",
- "trust-dns-resolver",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1505,9 +1543,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.7.8"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd79e69d3b627db300ff956027cc6c3798cef26d22526befdfcd12feeb6d2257"
+checksum = "a1a195ec8c9da26928f773888e0742ca3ca1040c6cd859c919c9f59c1954ab35"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -1526,9 +1564,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.19.15"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
+checksum = "d34d383cd00a163b4a5b85053df514d45bc330f6de7737edfe0a93311d1eaa03"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "serde",
@@ -1568,51 +1606,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "trust-dns-proto"
-version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f7f83d1e4a0e4358ac54c5c3681e5d7da5efc5a7a632c90bb6d6669ddd9bc26"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "cfg-if",
- "data-encoding",
- "enum-as-inner",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-util",
- "idna 0.2.3",
- "ipnet",
- "lazy_static",
- "rand",
- "smallvec",
- "thiserror",
- "tinyvec",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "url",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "trust-dns-resolver"
-version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aff21aa4dcefb0a1afbfac26deb0adc93888c7d295fb63ab273ef276ba2b7cfe"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "futures-util",
- "ipconfig",
- "lazy_static",
- "lru-cache",
- "parking_lot",
- "resolv-conf",
- "smallvec",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "trust-dns-proto",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.17.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c498bd53..54eca1ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "realm"
-version = "2.4.6"
+version = "2.5.0"
 authors = ["zhboner <zhboner@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 
 # command
 clap = "3.1"
-toml = "0.7"
+toml = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 
diff --git a/realm_core/Cargo.toml b/realm_core/Cargo.toml
index 99aff741..c18fc971 100644
--- a/realm_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/realm_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "realm_core"
-version = "0.3.7"
+version = "0.3.8"
 authors = ["Realm Contributors"]
 description = "Realm's core facilities."
 repository = "https://github.com/zhboner/realm/realm_core"
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ log = "0.4"
 bytes = { version = "1", optional = true }
 once_cell = "1"
 pin-project = "1"
-trust-dns-resolver = "0.22"
-tokio = { version = "1.18", features = ["rt", "net", "time"] }
+hickory-resolver = "0.24"
+tokio = { version = "1.9", features = ["rt", "net", "time"] }
 proxy-protocol = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/realm_core/src/dns/mod.rs b/realm_core/src/dns/mod.rs
index 265f67ba..4ce51507 100644
--- a/realm_core/src/dns/mod.rs
+++ b/realm_core/src/dns/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::io::{Result, Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
-use trust_dns_resolver as resolver;
+use hickory_resolver as resolver;
 use resolver::TokioAsyncResolver;
 use resolver::system_conf::read_system_conf;
 use resolver::lookup_ip::{LookupIp, LookupIpIter};
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static mut DNS_CONF: OnceCell<DnsConf> = OnceCell::new();
 
 static mut DNS: Lazy<TokioAsyncResolver> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let DnsConf { conf, opts } = unsafe { DNS_CONF.take().unwrap() };
-    TokioAsyncResolver::tokio(conf, opts).unwrap()
+    TokioAsyncResolver::tokio(conf, opts)
 });
 
 /// Setup global dns resolver. This is not thread-safe!
diff --git a/src/conf/dns.rs b/src/conf/dns.rs
index 82e224af..bea3e9a9 100644
--- a/src/conf/dns.rs
+++ b/src/conf/dns.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ impl Config for DnsConf {
                     socket_addr,
                     protocol,
                     tls_dns_name: None,
-                    trust_nx_responses: true,
+                    trust_negative_responses: true,
                     bind_addr: None,
                 });
             }