diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8776288d331..936dd7070cdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
  * consul: Fixed a bug where updating a task to include services would not work [[GH-9707](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9707)]
  * consul: Fixed alloc address mode port advertisement to use the mapped `to` port value [[GH-9730](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9730)]
  * consul/connect: Fixed a bug where absent ingress envoy proxy configuration could panic client [[GH-9669](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9669)]
+ * consul/connect: Fixed a bug where in-place upgrade of Nomad client running Connect enabled jobs would panic [[GH-9738](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9738)]
  * template: Fixed multiple issues in template src/dest and artifact dest interpolation [[GH-9671](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9671)]
  * template: Fixed a bug where dynamic secrets did not trigger the template `change_mode` after a client restart. [[GH-9636](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9636)]
  * server: Fixed a bug where new servers may bootstrap prematurely when configured with `bootstrap_expect = 0`.
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 911c1d5e677e..a1cce6651e2f 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ func (c *Client) restoreState() error {
 			DeviceStatsReporter: c,
 			Consul:              c.consulService,
 			ConsulSI:            c.tokensClient,
+			ConsulProxies:       c.consulProxies,
 			Vault:               c.vaultClient,
 			PrevAllocWatcher:    prevAllocWatcher,
 			PrevAllocMigrator:   prevAllocMigrator,