diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/n8n b/packages/cli/bin/n8n
index 11c39af9b00cf..11e8b772ad41d 100755
--- a/packages/cli/bin/n8n
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/n8n
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ inspect.defaultOptions.customInspect = false;
 require('express-async-errors');
 require('source-map-support').install();
 require('reflect-metadata');
-require('dns').setDefaultResultOrder('ipv4first');
+
+if (process.env.NODEJS_PREFER_IPV4 === 'true') {
+	require('dns').setDefaultResultOrder('ipv4first');
+}
 
 require('@oclif/command')
 	.run()
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/WorkflowRunnerProcess.ts b/packages/cli/src/WorkflowRunnerProcess.ts
index 4266f0facf6fe..071d8c982b179 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/WorkflowRunnerProcess.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/WorkflowRunnerProcess.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import 'source-map-support/register';
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import { setDefaultResultOrder } from 'dns';
-setDefaultResultOrder('ipv4first');
 
 import { Container } from 'typedi';
 import type { IProcessMessage } from 'n8n-core';
@@ -59,6 +58,10 @@ import { License } from '@/License';
 import { InternalHooks } from '@/InternalHooks';
 import { PostHogClient } from '@/posthog';
 
+if (process.env.NODEJS_PREFER_IPV4 === 'true') {
+	setDefaultResultOrder('ipv4first');
+}
+
 class WorkflowRunnerProcess {
 	data: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcessWithExecution | undefined;