diff --git a/kong-0.12.1-0.rockspec b/kong-0.12.1-0.rockspec
index ddc28bd96b5..77fe2399b75 100644
--- a/kong-0.12.1-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-0.12.1-0.rockspec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "luaossl == 20171028",
   "luasyslog == 1.0.0",
   "lua_pack == 1.0.5",
-  "lua-resty-dns-client == 1.0.0",
+  "lua-resty-dns-client == 2.0.0",
   "lua-resty-worker-events == 0.3.1",
   "lua-resty-mediador == 0.1.2",
   "lua-resty-healthcheck == 0.3.0",
diff --git a/kong/core/balancer.lua b/kong/core/balancer.lua
index 67efccfaf38..5500c48b916 100644
--- a/kong/core/balancer.lua
+++ b/kong/core/balancer.lua
@@ -764,7 +764,8 @@ local function execute(target)
     hostname = target.host
     if not ip then
       log(ERR, "[dns] ", port, ". Tried: ", tostring(try_list))
-      if port == "dns server error: 3 name error" then
+      if port == "dns server error: 3 name error" or
+         port == "dns client error: 101 empty record received" then
         return nil, "name resolution failed", 503
       end
     end