diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 366bee497e4..c3ac0004334 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1840,9 +1840,9 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hickory-net"
-version = "0.26.0-beta.1"
+version = "0.26.0-beta.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc867c64bc89c63a3b1c34258e3bbbd73eb18f8ab785ff352c81c98ad187f78e"
+checksum = "acbafe58dd6a1bfa058c9c3dd3372c54665a1935e504a25783cdcf9bf14b21d6"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-io",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
- "hickory-proto 0.26.0-beta.1",
+ "hickory-proto 0.26.0-beta.3",
  "http",
  "idna",
  "ipnet",
@@ -1900,9 +1900,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hickory-proto"
-version = "0.26.0-beta.1"
+version = "0.26.0-beta.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b91ba40132ef5ec8f1eabddb35d1b5d9fae3699c4545c590401893636097caee"
+checksum = "e7ddac4552e5be0deead6df196824a5964b0797302569ef4686b75d32efad052"
 dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
  "idna",
@@ -1944,14 +1944,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hickory-resolver"
-version = "0.26.0-beta.1"
+version = "0.26.0-beta.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b3691451dab87ca2d7e3018ae231347d3a502ef3e8c4430f454f7efefa84b1d"
+checksum = "a751e330e7cdf445892d6ce47cb4666a8b127834d2e42cee4db15713b9a27780"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "futures-util",
  "hickory-net",
- "hickory-proto 0.26.0-beta.1",
+ "hickory-proto 0.26.0-beta.3",
  "ipconfig",
  "ipnet",
  "jni 0.22.4",
@@ -2382,7 +2382,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "futures-util",
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
- "hickory-resolver 0.26.0-beta.1",
+ "hickory-resolver 0.26.0-beta.3",
  "http",
  "indicatif",
  "ipnet",
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
  "derive_more",
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
- "hickory-resolver 0.26.0-beta.1",
+ "hickory-resolver 0.26.0-beta.3",
  "http",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper",
@@ -4937,7 +4937,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "737bfdaf732174c48b8193b29158460d8d959dd8e9ce071a5bbda95d8546b68b"
 dependencies = [
  "acto",
- "hickory-proto 0.26.0-beta.1",
+ "hickory-proto 0.26.0-beta.3",
  "rand 0.10.0",
  "socket2",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
diff --git a/iroh-relay/Cargo.toml b/iroh-relay/Cargo.toml
index c5854e338da..625349d39d6 100644
--- a/iroh-relay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-relay/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"], optional = tr
 
 # non-wasm-in-browser dependencies
 [target.'cfg(not(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown")))'.dependencies]
-hickory-resolver = { version = "=0.26.0-beta.1", features = ["tokio", "system-config"] }
+hickory-resolver = { version = "=0.26.0-beta.3", features = ["tokio", "system-config"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [
     "io-util",
     "macros",
diff --git a/iroh-relay/src/dns.rs b/iroh-relay/src/dns.rs
index 2caa4749cdd..cd822c2874a 100644
--- a/iroh-relay/src/dns.rs
+++ b/iroh-relay/src/dns.rs
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ impl Resolver for HickoryResolver {
                             // I don't know a way of avoiding this deep copy, even if it's agonizing.
                             // The representation of `TxtRecrodData` and `hickory_proto::rr::rdata::TXT`
                             // is identical.
-                            Some(TxtRecordData::from(txt.txt_data().to_vec()))
+                            Some(TxtRecordData::from(txt.txt_data.to_vec()))
                         }
                         _ => None,
                     }
diff --git a/iroh-relay/src/endpoint_info.rs b/iroh-relay/src/endpoint_info.rs
index a40ab2296fa..0ec05d9d701 100644
--- a/iroh-relay/src/endpoint_info.rs
+++ b/iroh-relay/src/endpoint_info.rs
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ mod tests {
             .answers()
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|record| match record.data() {
-                RData::TXT(txt) => Some(TxtRecordData::from(txt.txt_data().to_vec())),
+                RData::TXT(txt) => Some(TxtRecordData::from(txt.txt_data.to_vec())),
                 _ => None,
             });
 
diff --git a/iroh/Cargo.toml b/iroh/Cargo.toml
index 3e898bad6cf..6698cb2bbdb 100644
--- a/iroh/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sync_wrapper = { version = "1.0.2", features = ["futures"] }
 
 # non-wasm-in-browser dependencies
 [target.'cfg(not(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown")))'.dependencies]
-hickory-resolver = { version = "=0.26.0-beta.1", default-features = false }
+hickory-resolver = { version = "=0.26.0-beta.3", default-features = false }
 portmapper = { version = "0.15", optional = true, default-features = false }
 noq = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio", "rustls"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [
diff --git a/iroh/src/test_utils.rs b/iroh/src/test_utils.rs
index 800b9dad2c5..03c598234c4 100644
--- a/iroh/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/iroh/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ pub(crate) mod dns_server {
             buf: &[u8],
         ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
             let packet = Message::from_bytes(buf)?;
-            debug!(queries = ?packet.queries(), %from, "received query");
-            let mut reply = packet.to_response();
+            debug!(queries = ?packet.queries, %from, "received query");
+            let mut reply = packet.clone().into_response();
             self.resolver.resolve(&packet, &mut reply).await?;
             debug!(?reply, %from, "send reply");
             let buf = reply.to_vec()?;
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ pub(crate) mod pkarr_dns_state {
             reply: &mut hickory_resolver::proto::op::Message,
             ttl: u32,
         ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-            for query in query.queries() {
+            for query in &query.queries {
                 let domain_name = query.name().to_string();
                 let Some(endpoint_id) = endpoint_id_from_domain_name(&domain_name) else {
                     continue;