diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/SeparatePoolInetNameResolver.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/SeparatePoolInetNameResolver.java
index 5fc309ae9a..fe5e8b29dd 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/SeparatePoolInetNameResolver.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/SeparatePoolInetNameResolver.java
@@ -32,17 +32,20 @@
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@code InetNameResolver} that performs blocking DNS name lookups
- * in a separate thread, avoiding blocking the Netty threads for an extended period of time
- * and without the downsides of Netty's native DNS resolver.
+ * on a small bounded pool of separate threads, avoiding blocking the Netty threads for an
+ * extended period of time and without the downsides of Netty's native DNS resolver.
  */
 public final class SeparatePoolInetNameResolver extends InetNameResolver {
 
+  private static final int MAX_RESOLVE_THREADS = 8;
+
   private final ExecutorService resolveExecutor;
   private final InetNameResolver delegate;
   private final Cache<String, List<InetAddress>> cache;
@@ -56,11 +59,15 @@ public final class SeparatePoolInetNameResolver extends InetNameResolver {
    */
   public SeparatePoolInetNameResolver(EventExecutor executor) {
     super(executor);
-    this.resolveExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(
+    ThreadPoolExecutor resolveExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(
+        MAX_RESOLVE_THREADS, MAX_RESOLVE_THREADS,
+        60L, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(),
         new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
-            .setNameFormat("Velocity DNS Resolver")
+            .setNameFormat("Velocity DNS Resolver #%d")
             .setDaemon(true)
             .build());
+    resolveExecutor.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(true);
+    this.resolveExecutor = resolveExecutor;
     this.delegate = new DefaultNameResolver(executor);
     this.cache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
         .expireAfterWrite(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)