diff --git a/lib/dns.js b/lib/dns.js
index ae0e14bab3097d..ca932ad05f4da7 100644
--- a/lib/dns.js
+++ b/lib/dns.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ const {
 } = primordials;
 
 const cares = internalBinding('cares_wrap');
-const { toASCII } = require('internal/idna');
 const { isIP } = require('internal/net');
 const { customPromisifyArgs } = require('internal/util');
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ function lookup(hostname, options, callback) {
   req.oncomplete = all ? onlookupall : onlookup;
 
   const err = cares.getaddrinfo(
-    req, toASCII(hostname), family, hints, verbatim,
+    req, hostname, family, hints, verbatim,
   );
   if (err) {
     process.nextTick(callback, dnsException(err, 'getaddrinfo', hostname));
diff --git a/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js b/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js
index 48e8f7df856c26..e57a597c08c716 100644
--- a/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js
+++ b/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ const {
   Symbol,
 } = primordials;
 
-const { toASCII } = require('internal/idna');
-
 const {
   codes: {
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ function resolver(bindingName) {
     req.hostname = name;
     req.oncomplete = onresolve;
     req.ttl = !!(options && options.ttl);
-    const err = this._handle[bindingName](req, toASCII(name));
+    const err = this._handle[bindingName](req, name);
     if (err) throw dnsException(err, bindingName, name);
     if (hasObserver('dns')) {
       startPerf(req, kPerfHooksDnsLookupResolveContext, {
diff --git a/lib/internal/dns/promises.js b/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
index df41d1267ef421..79be8591bbcad2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ const {
   CANCELLED,
 } = dnsErrorCodes;
 const { codes, dnsException } = require('internal/errors');
-const { toASCII } = require('internal/idna');
 const { isIP } = require('internal/net');
 const {
   getaddrinfo,
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ function createLookupPromise(family, hostname, all, hints, verbatim) {
     req.resolve = resolve;
     req.reject = reject;
 
-    const err = getaddrinfo(req, toASCII(hostname), family, hints, verbatim);
+    const err = getaddrinfo(req, hostname, family, hints, verbatim);
 
     if (err) {
       reject(dnsException(err, 'getaddrinfo', hostname));
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ function createResolverPromise(resolver, bindingName, hostname, ttl) {
     req.reject = reject;
     req.ttl = ttl;
 
-    const err = resolver._handle[bindingName](req, toASCII(hostname));
+    const err = resolver._handle[bindingName](req, hostname);
 
     if (err)
       reject(dnsException(err, bindingName, hostname));
diff --git a/src/cares_wrap.cc b/src/cares_wrap.cc
index aab07945786cec..da546b15f264c2 100644
--- a/src/cares_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/cares_wrap.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #include "cares_wrap.h"
+#include "ada.h"
 #include "async_wrap-inl.h"
 #include "base64-inl.h"
 #include "base_object-inl.h"
@@ -1558,6 +1559,7 @@ void GetAddrInfo(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   CHECK(args[4]->IsBoolean());
   Local<Object> req_wrap_obj = args[0].As<Object>();
   node::Utf8Value hostname(env->isolate(), args[1]);
+  std::string ascii_hostname = ada::idna::to_ascii(hostname.ToStringView());
 
   int32_t flags = 0;
   if (args[3]->IsInt32()) {
@@ -1590,17 +1592,18 @@ void GetAddrInfo(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
   hints.ai_flags = flags;
 
-  TRACE_EVENT_NESTABLE_ASYNC_BEGIN2(
-      TRACING_CATEGORY_NODE2(dns, native), "lookup", req_wrap.get(),
-      "hostname", TRACE_STR_COPY(*hostname),
-      "family",
-      family == AF_INET ? "ipv4" : family == AF_INET6 ? "ipv6" : "unspec");
-
-  int err = req_wrap->Dispatch(uv_getaddrinfo,
-                               AfterGetAddrInfo,
-                               *hostname,
-                               nullptr,
-                               &hints);
+  TRACE_EVENT_NESTABLE_ASYNC_BEGIN2(TRACING_CATEGORY_NODE2(dns, native),
+                                    "lookup",
+                                    req_wrap.get(),
+                                    "hostname",
+                                    TRACE_STR_COPY(ascii_hostname.data()),
+                                    "family",
+                                    family == AF_INET    ? "ipv4"
+                                    : family == AF_INET6 ? "ipv6"
+                                                         : "unspec");
+
+  int err = req_wrap->Dispatch(
+      uv_getaddrinfo, AfterGetAddrInfo, ascii_hostname.data(), nullptr, &hints);
   if (err == 0)
     // Release ownership of the pointer allowing the ownership to be transferred
     USE(req_wrap.release());