diff --git a/changelog/_9523.txt b/changelog/_9523.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91d3f87686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_9523.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+Raft: Auto-join will now allow you to enforce IPv4 on networks that allow IPv6 and dual-stack enablement, which is on by default in certain regions.
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 725876e853..9b0e7c82cf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/eventlogger v0.2.10
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-bexpr v0.1.12
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v1.1.1-0.20250822114713-cd0e09c8e096
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-cmp v0.0.0-20250414215908-521c6e5d9c1c
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v1.1.1-0.20250922102917-55e5010ad859
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-gcp-common v0.9.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.6.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-kms-wrapping/entropy/v2 v2.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 42ede23cc8..5ba000f0e5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1395,6 +1395,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 h1:035FKYIWjmULyFRBKPs8TBQoi0x6d9G4xc9n
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:kO/YDlP8L1346E6Sodw+PrpBSV4/SoxCXGY6BqNFT48=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v1.1.1-0.20250822114713-cd0e09c8e096 h1:rjiELrWxFMy6YP8f6tIVtXhTwsoQbWwHzIk7JgcIYeY=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v1.1.1-0.20250822114713-cd0e09c8e096/go.mod h1:NsxyJAVM+f1GYWjoAg1dtKU7I39rOWtUjFSm2Xmuvn4=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v1.1.1-0.20250922102917-55e5010ad859 h1:CYvtQfS6WBZdva446zuZEpHxDfI3GTenOM4SCmGWUR8=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v1.1.1-0.20250922102917-55e5010ad859/go.mod h1:NsxyJAVM+f1GYWjoAg1dtKU7I39rOWtUjFSm2Xmuvn4=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-discover/provider/gce v0.0.0-20241120163552-5eb1507d16b4 h1:ywaDsVo7n5ko12YD8uXjuQ8G2mQhC2mxAc4Kj3WW3GE=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-discover/provider/gce v0.0.0-20241120163552-5eb1507d16b4/go.mod h1:yxikfLXA8Y5JA3FcFTR720PfqVEFd0dZY9FBpmcsO54=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-gatedio v0.5.0 h1:Jm1X5yP4yCqqWj5L1TgW7iZwCVPGtVc+mro5r/XX7Tg=