diff --git a/changelog.d/hackney-proxy-ip-host.fix b/changelog.d/hackney-proxy-ip-host.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d11aadd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/hackney-proxy-ip-host.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hackney: use the configured proxy when its host is an IP address; Hackney 4 ignored such proxies and connected directly
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney.ex b/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney.ex
index 314f9e8b1..e9cc04361 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney.ex
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.AdapterHelper.Hackney do
     |> Pleroma.HTTP.AdapterHelper.maybe_add_proxy(proxy)
     |> Keyword.put(:follow_redirect, false)
     |> Keyword.put(:force_redirect, false)
+    |> normalize_proxy()
+  end
+
+  # Hackney 4 ignores a proxy whose host is an IP tuple and connects directly.
+  # ConfigDB turns a numeric proxy host into such a tuple.
+  defp normalize_proxy(opts) do
+    case Keyword.fetch(opts, :proxy) do
+      {:ok, {type, host, port}} when is_tuple(host) ->
+        Keyword.put(opts, :proxy, {type, :inet.ntoa(host), port})
+
+      {:ok, {host, port}} when is_tuple(host) ->
+        Keyword.put(opts, :proxy, {:inet.ntoa(host), port})
+
+      _ ->
+        opts
+    end
   end
 
   defp add_scheme_opts(opts, _), do: opts
diff --git a/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney_test.exs b/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney_test.exs
index cf60d994b..22fcc93d1 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/http/adapter_helper/hackney_test.exs
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.AdapterHelper.HackneyTest do
       assert opts[:proxy] == "localhost:8123"
     end
 
+    test "gives Hackney a string host for a proxy with an IP address", %{uri: uri} do
+      clear_config([:http, :proxy_url], {:socks5, {127, 0, 0, 1}, 9050})
+      assert Hackney.options([], uri)[:proxy] == {:socks5, ~c"127.0.0.1", 9050}
+
+      clear_config([:http, :proxy_url], {{10, 0, 0, 1}, 8123})
+      assert Hackney.options([], uri)[:proxy] == {~c"10.0.0.1", 8123}
+
+      clear_config([:http, :proxy_url], nil)
+
+      assert Hackney.options([proxy: {:socks5, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, 9050}], uri)[:proxy] ==
+               {:socks5, ~c"::1", 9050}
+    end
+
     test "respect connection opts and no proxy", %{uri: uri} do
       opts = Hackney.options([a: 2, b: 1], uri)