diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStates.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStates.java
index efdfc7807e4db..5d6866b22979f 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStates.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStates.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public void connecting(String id, long now, String host) {
         // Create a new NodeConnectionState if nodeState does not already contain one
         // for the specified id or if the hostname associated with the node id changed.
         nodeState.put(id, new NodeConnectionState(ConnectionState.CONNECTING, now,
-                reconnectBackoff.backoff(0), connectionSetupTimeout.backoff(0), host, hostResolver));
+                reconnectBackoff.backoff(0), connectionSetupTimeout.backoff(0), host, hostResolver, log));
         connectingNodes.add(id);
     }
 
@@ -478,9 +478,11 @@ private static class NodeConnectionState {
         private int addressIndex;
         private final String host;
         private final HostResolver hostResolver;
+        private InetAddress lastAttemptedAddress;
+        private Logger log;
 
         private NodeConnectionState(ConnectionState state, long lastConnectAttemptMs, long reconnectBackoffMs,
-                long connectionSetupTimeoutMs, String host, HostResolver hostResolver) {
+                long connectionSetupTimeoutMs, String host, HostResolver hostResolver, Logger log) {
             this.state = state;
             this.addresses = Collections.emptyList();
             this.addressIndex = -1;
@@ -492,6 +494,7 @@ private NodeConnectionState(ConnectionState state, long lastConnectAttemptMs, lo
             this.throttleUntilTimeMs = 0;
             this.host = host;
             this.hostResolver = hostResolver;
+            this.log = log;
         }
 
         public String host() {
@@ -505,12 +508,14 @@ public String host() {
          */
         private InetAddress currentAddress() throws UnknownHostException {
             if (addresses.isEmpty()) {
-                // (Re-)initialize list
-                addresses = ClientUtils.resolve(host, hostResolver);
-                addressIndex = 0;
+                resolveAddresses();
             }
 
-            return addresses.get(addressIndex);
+            // Save the address that we return so that we don't try it twice in a row when we re-resolve due to
+            // disconnecting or exhausting the addresses
+            InetAddress currentAddress = addresses.get(addressIndex);
+            lastAttemptedAddress = currentAddress;
+            return currentAddress;
         }
 
         /**
@@ -523,7 +528,24 @@ private void moveToNextAddress() {
 
             addressIndex = (addressIndex + 1) % addresses.size();
             if (addressIndex == 0)
-                addresses = Collections.emptyList(); // Exhausted list. Re-resolve on next currentAddress() call
+                clearAddresses(); // Exhausted list. Re-resolve on next currentAddress() call
+        }
+
+        private void resolveAddresses() throws UnknownHostException {
+            // (Re-)initialize list
+            addresses = ClientUtils.resolve(host, hostResolver);
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                log.debug("Resolved host {} to addresses {}", host, addresses);
+            }
+            addressIndex = 0;
+
+            // We re-resolve DNS after disconnecting, but we don't want to immediately reconnect to the address we
+            // just disconnected from, in case we disconnected due to a problem with that IP (such as a load
+            // balancer instance failure). Check the first address in the list and skip it if it was the last address
+            // we tried and there are multiple addresses to choose from.
+            if (addresses.size() > 1 && addresses.get(addressIndex).equals(lastAttemptedAddress)) {
+                addressIndex++;
+            }
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStatesTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStatesTest.java
index c672540cf9eb8..2da4bbeba3a01 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStatesTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/ClusterConnectionStatesTest.java
@@ -420,6 +420,25 @@ public void testTimedOutConnections() {
         assertEquals(0, connectionStates.nodesWithConnectionSetupTimeout(time.milliseconds()).size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSkipLastAttemptedIp() throws UnknownHostException {
+        setupMultipleIPs();
+
+        assertTrue(ClientUtils.resolve(hostTwoIps, multipleIPHostResolver).size() > 1);
+
+        // Connect to the first IP
+        connectionStates.connecting(nodeId1, time.milliseconds(), hostTwoIps);
+        InetAddress addr1 = connectionStates.currentAddress(nodeId1);
+
+        // Disconnect, which will trigger re-resolution with the first IP still first
+        connectionStates.disconnected(nodeId1, time.milliseconds());
+
+        // Connect again, the first IP should get skipped
+        connectionStates.connecting(nodeId1, time.milliseconds(), hostTwoIps);
+        InetAddress addr2 = connectionStates.currentAddress(nodeId1);
+        assertNotSame(addr1, addr2);
+    }
+    
     private void setupMultipleIPs() {
         this.connectionStates = new ClusterConnectionStates(reconnectBackoffMs, reconnectBackoffMax,
                 connectionSetupTimeoutMs, connectionSetupTimeoutMaxMs, new LogContext(), this.multipleIPHostResolver);