diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscovery.cs b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscovery.cs
index 688f89b43d3..95ddb63343f 100644
--- a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscovery.cs
+++ b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscovery.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 using Akka.Actor;
 using Akka.Discovery;
 using Akka.Event;
+using Akka.Util;
+using Akka.Util.Internal;
 
 #nullable enable
 namespace Akka.Cluster.Tools.Client;
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ private sealed record ResolveResult(Contact Contact, IActorRef? Subject);
     private readonly string _targetActorSystemName;
     private readonly string _receptionistName;
     private readonly string _transportProtocol;
+    private readonly int _numberOfContacts;
 
     private readonly bool _verboseLogging;
     
@@ -109,6 +112,8 @@ public ClusterClientDiscovery(ClusterClientSettings settings)
         _discoveryRetryInterval = _settings.DiscoverySettings.DiscoveryRetryInterval;
         _discoveryTimeout = _discoverySettings.DiscoveryTimeout;
 
+        _numberOfContacts = _discoverySettings.NumberOfContacts;
+        
         _verboseLogging = _settings.VerboseLogging;
         
         Become(Discovering);
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ private ActorPath ResolvedTargetToReceptionistActorPath(ServiceDiscovery.Resolve
     {
         var networkAddress = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(target.Host) ? target.Address.ToString() : target.Host;
         var address = new Address(_transportProtocol, _targetActorSystemName, networkAddress, target.Port);
-        return new RootActorPath(address) / "system" / _discoverySettings.ReceptionistName;
+        return new RootActorPath(address) / "system" / _receptionistName;
     }
     
     private static async Task<ResolveResult> ResolveContact(Contact contact, TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken ct)
@@ -207,10 +212,13 @@ async Task<ResolveResult[]> VerifyContacts()
                 }
                 else
                 {
+                    var filteredContacts = TrimContacts(contacts, _numberOfContacts);
                     if(_log.IsInfoEnabled)
-                        _log.Info("Cluster client initial contacts are verified at [{0}], starting cluster client actor.", string.Join(", ", contacts.Select(c => c.Path)));
+                        _log.Info(
+                            "Cluster client initial contacts are verified at [{0}], starting cluster client actor.", 
+                            string.Join(", ", filteredContacts.Select(c => c.Path)));
                     
-                    Become(Active(contacts));
+                    Become(Active(filteredContacts));
                 }
                 
                 return true;
@@ -229,6 +237,22 @@ async Task<ResolveResult[]> VerifyContacts()
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Trim the number of Contact in the `fullContact` array to `count` length
+    /// by picking random elements while avoiding repeating elements from being returned
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="fullContact">Array of Contacts</param>
+    /// <param name="count">The number of elements to return</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    private static Contact[] TrimContacts(Contact[] fullContact, int count)
+    {
+        if (fullContact.Length <= count)
+            return fullContact;
+        
+        fullContact.Shuffle();
+        return fullContact.Take(count).ToArray();
+    }
+
     private Receive Active(Contact[] contacts)
     {
         if(_verboseLogging && _log.IsDebugEnabled)
diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscoverySettings.cs b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscoverySettings.cs
index d26ccad9cb4..94101487314 100644
--- a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscoverySettings.cs
+++ b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/ClusterClientDiscoverySettings.cs
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ public sealed record ClusterClientDiscoverySettings(
     string ReceptionistName,
     string? PortName,
     TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval,
-    TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout)
+    TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout,
+    int NumberOfContacts)
 {
-    public static readonly ClusterClientDiscoverySettings Empty = new ("<method>", null, null, "receptionist", null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60));
+    public static readonly ClusterClientDiscoverySettings Empty = new ("<method>", null, null, "receptionist", null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60), 3);
     
     public static ClusterClientDiscoverySettings Create(Config clusterClientConfig)
     {
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ public static ClusterClientDiscoverySettings Create(Config clusterClientConfig)
             config.GetString("receptionist-name", "receptionist"),
             config.GetString("port-name"),
             config.GetTimeSpan("discovery-retry-interval", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)),
-            config.GetTimeSpan("discovery-timeout", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60))
+            config.GetTimeSpan("discovery-timeout", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)),
+            config.GetInt("number-of-contacts", 3)
         );
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/reference.conf b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/reference.conf
index 33af33d46db..794946042aa 100644
--- a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/reference.conf
+++ b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools/Client/reference.conf
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ akka.cluster.client {
     method = <method>
     actor-system-name = null
     receptionist-name = receptionist
+    # The contact points will be trimmed down to this number of contact points to the client
+    number-of-contacts = 3
     service-name = null
     port-name = null
     discovery-retry-interval = 1s
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.DotNet.verified.txt b/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.DotNet.verified.txt
index bfbf5aad29c..76bb0308b46 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.DotNet.verified.txt
+++ b/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.DotNet.verified.txt
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ namespace Akka.Cluster.Tools.Client
     {
         [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)]
         public static readonly Akka.Cluster.Tools.Client.ClusterClientDiscoverySettings Empty;
-        public ClusterClientDiscoverySettings(string DiscoveryMethod, string ActorSystemName, string ServiceName, [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)] string ReceptionistName, string PortName, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout) { }
+        public ClusterClientDiscoverySettings(string DiscoveryMethod, string ActorSystemName, string ServiceName, [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)] string ReceptionistName, string PortName, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout, int NumberOfContacts) { }
         public string ActorSystemName { get; set; }
         public string DiscoveryMethod { get; set; }
         public System.TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval { get; set; }
         public System.TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout { get; set; }
+        public int NumberOfContacts { get; set; }
         public string PortName { get; set; }
         [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)]
         public string ReceptionistName { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.Net.verified.txt b/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.Net.verified.txt
index 284c0d053f8..a5c606776fe 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.Net.verified.txt
+++ b/src/core/Akka.API.Tests/verify/CoreAPISpec.ApproveClusterTools.Net.verified.txt
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ namespace Akka.Cluster.Tools.Client
     {
         [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)]
         public static readonly Akka.Cluster.Tools.Client.ClusterClientDiscoverySettings Empty;
-        public ClusterClientDiscoverySettings(string DiscoveryMethod, string ActorSystemName, string ServiceName, [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)] string ReceptionistName, string PortName, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout) { }
+        public ClusterClientDiscoverySettings(string DiscoveryMethod, string ActorSystemName, string ServiceName, [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)] string ReceptionistName, string PortName, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval, System.TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout, int NumberOfContacts) { }
         public string ActorSystemName { get; set; }
         public string DiscoveryMethod { get; set; }
         public System.TimeSpan DiscoveryRetryInterval { get; set; }
         public System.TimeSpan DiscoveryTimeout { get; set; }
+        public int NumberOfContacts { get; set; }
         public string PortName { get; set; }
         [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute(1)]
         public string ReceptionistName { get; set; }