diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 74587f9b939d2..e2d8abb95d336 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         <liquibase.version>4.20.0</liquibase.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.0</snakeyaml.version>
         <osgi.version>6.0.0</osgi.version>
-        <mongo-client.version>4.9.1</mongo-client.version>
+        <mongo-client.version>4.10.1</mongo-client.version>
         <mongo-crypt.version>1.8.0</mongo-crypt.version>
         <proton-j.version>0.34.1</proton-j.version>
         <javaparser.version>3.25.3</javaparser.version>
diff --git a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java
index 3730e745d8134..603df0007a483 100644
--- a/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/mongodb-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mongodb/deployment/MongoClientProcessor.java
@@ -431,5 +431,6 @@ void registerServiceBinding(Capabilities capabilities, BuildProducer<ServiceProv
     @BuildStep
     void runtimeInitializedClasses(BuildProducer<RuntimeInitializedClassBuildItem> runtimeInitializedClasses) {
         runtimeInitializedClasses.produce(new RuntimeInitializedClassBuildItem(ObjectId.class.getName()));
+        runtimeInitializedClasses.produce(new RuntimeInitializedClassBuildItem("com.mongodb.internal.dns.DefaultDnsResolver"));
     }
 }