diff --git a/doc/03-cli.md b/doc/03-cli.md
index a98a7d629..6e6809a49 100644
--- a/doc/03-cli.md
+++ b/doc/03-cli.md
@@ -1244,6 +1244,11 @@ defaults to 12 and must be between 1 and 50. If your proxy has issues with
 concurrency maybe you want to lower this. Increasing it should generally not result
 in performance gains.
 
+### COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE
+
+Set to `4` or `6` to force IPv4 or IPv6 DNS resolution. This only works when the
+curl extension is used for downloads.
+
 ### HTTP_PROXY_REQUEST_FULLURI
 
 If you use a proxy, but it does not support the request_fulluri flag, then you
diff --git a/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md b/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md
index 7d5afdea9..0607535d7 100644
--- a/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ open stream: Operation timed out
 We recommend you fix your IPv6 setup. If that is not possible, you can try the
 following workarounds:
 
+**Generic Workaround:**
+
+Set the [`COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE=4`](../03-cli.md#composer-ipresolve) environment variable which will force curl to resolve
+domains using IPv4. This only works when the curl extension is used for downloads.
+
 **Workaround Linux:**
 
 On linux, it seems that running this command helps to make ipv4 traffic have a
diff --git a/phpstan/baseline.neon b/phpstan/baseline.neon
index 50f63ff25..b17166a49 100644
--- a/phpstan/baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan/baseline.neon
@@ -765,16 +765,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: ../src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^Only booleans are allowed in \\|\\|, array\\<string, Composer\\\\Package\\\\Link\\> given on the left side\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: ../src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
-
-		-
-			message: "#^Only booleans are allowed in \\|\\|, array\\<string, Composer\\\\Package\\\\Link\\> given on the right side\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: ../src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
-
 		-
 			message: "#^Parameter \\#1 \\$arrayTree of method Composer\\\\Command\\\\ShowCommand\\:\\:displayPackageTree\\(\\) expects array\\<int, array\\<string, array\\|string\\>\\>, array\\<int, array\\<string, array\\<int, array\\<string, array\\|string\\>\\>\\|string\\|null\\>\\> given\\.$#"
 			count: 2
@@ -4314,7 +4304,7 @@ parameters:
 			path: ../src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
 
 		-
-			message: "#^Property Composer\\\\Util\\\\Http\\\\CurlDownloader\\:\\:\\$jobs \\(array\\<array\\{url\\: non\\-empty\\-string, origin\\: string, attributes\\: array\\{retryAuthFailure\\: bool, redirects\\: int\\<0, max\\>, retries\\: int\\<0, max\\>, storeAuth\\: 'prompt'\\|bool\\}, options\\: array, progress\\: array, curlHandle\\: CurlHandle, filename\\: string\\|null, headerHandle\\: resource, \\.\\.\\.\\}\\>\\) does not accept non\\-empty\\-array\\<array\\{url\\: non\\-empty\\-string, origin\\: string, attributes\\: array\\{retryAuthFailure\\: bool, redirects\\: int\\<0, max\\>, retries\\: int\\<0, max\\>, storeAuth\\: 'prompt'\\|bool\\}, options\\: array, progress\\: array, curlHandle\\: CurlHandle\\|resource, filename\\: string\\|null, headerHandle\\: resource, \\.\\.\\.\\}\\>\\.$#"
+			message: "#^Property Composer\\\\Util\\\\Http\\\\CurlDownloader\\:\\:\\$jobs \\(array\\<array\\{url\\: non\\-empty\\-string, origin\\: string, attributes\\: array\\{retryAuthFailure\\: bool, redirects\\: int\\<0, max\\>, retries\\: int\\<0, max\\>, storeAuth\\: 'prompt'\\|bool, ipResolve\\: 4\\|6\\|null\\}, options\\: array, progress\\: array, curlHandle\\: CurlHandle, filename\\: string\\|null, headerHandle\\: resource, \\.\\.\\.\\}\\>\\) does not accept non\\-empty\\-array\\<array\\{url\\: non\\-empty\\-string, origin\\: string, attributes\\: array\\{retryAuthFailure\\: bool, redirects\\: int\\<0, max\\>, retries\\: int\\<0, max\\>, storeAuth\\: 'prompt'\\|bool, ipResolve\\: 4\\|6\\|null\\}, options\\: array, progress\\: array, curlHandle\\: CurlHandle\\|resource, filename\\: string\\|null, headerHandle\\: resource, \\.\\.\\.\\}\\>\\.$#"
 			count: 1
 			path: ../src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php
index 7d41bf554..18b1911d7 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ EOT
 
         if ($result) {
             foreach ($result as $message) {
-                $io->write($message);
+                $io->write(trim($message));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -776,6 +776,11 @@ EOT
             $out($iniMessage, 'comment');
         }
 
+        if (in_array(Platform::getEnv('COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE'), ['4', '6'], true)) {
+            $warnings['ipresolve'] = true;
+            $out('The COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE env var is set to ' . Platform::getEnv('COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE') .' which may result in network failures below.', 'comment');
+        }
+
         return count($warnings) === 0 && count($errors) === 0 ? true : $output;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index 967aed2e7..f5bbe24aa 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use React\Promise\Promise;
  * @internal
  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
  * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
- * @phpstan-type Attributes array{retryAuthFailure: bool, redirects: int<0, max>, retries: int<0, max>, storeAuth: 'prompt'|bool}
+ * @phpstan-type Attributes array{retryAuthFailure: bool, redirects: int<0, max>, retries: int<0, max>, storeAuth: 'prompt'|bool, ipResolve: 4|6|null}
  * @phpstan-type Job array{url: non-empty-string, origin: string, attributes: Attributes, options: mixed[], progress: mixed[], curlHandle: \CurlHandle, filename: string|null, headerHandle: resource, bodyHandle: resource, resolve: callable, reject: callable}
  */
 class CurlDownloader
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class CurlDownloader
     /**
      * @param mixed[]  $options
      *
-     * @param array{retryAuthFailure?: bool, redirects?: int<0, max>, retries?: int<0, max>, storeAuth?: 'prompt'|bool} $attributes
+     * @param array{retryAuthFailure?: bool, redirects?: int<0, max>, retries?: int<0, max>, storeAuth?: 'prompt'|bool, ipResolve?: 4|6|null} $attributes
      * @param non-empty-string $url
      *
      * @return int internal job id
@@ -155,8 +155,15 @@ class CurlDownloader
             'redirects' => 0,
             'retries' => 0,
             'storeAuth' => false,
+            'ipResolve' => null,
         ], $attributes);
 
+        if ($attributes['ipResolve'] === null && Platform::getEnv('COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE') === '4') {
+            $attributes['ipResolve'] = 4;
+        } elseif ($attributes['ipResolve'] === null && Platform::getEnv('COMPOSER_IPRESOLVE') === '6') {
+            $attributes['ipResolve'] = 6;
+        }
+
         $originalOptions = $options;
 
         // check URL can be accessed (i.e. is not insecure), but allow insecure Packagist calls to $hashed providers as file integrity is verified with sha256
@@ -199,6 +206,12 @@ class CurlDownloader
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_ENCODING, ""); // let cURL set the Accept-Encoding header to what it supports
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
 
+        if ($attributes['ipResolve'] === 4) {
+            curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
+        } elseif ($attributes['ipResolve'] === 6) {
+            curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6);
+        }
+
         if (function_exists('curl_share_init')) {
             curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_SHARE, $this->shareHandle);
         }
@@ -352,8 +365,12 @@ class CurlDownloader
                             || (in_array($errno, [56 /* CURLE_RECV_ERROR */, 35 /* CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR */], true) && str_contains((string) $error, 'Connection reset by peer'))
                         ) && $job['attributes']['retries'] < $this->maxRetries
                     ) {
+                        $attributes = ['retries' => $job['attributes']['retries'] + 1];
+                        if ($errno === 7 && !isset($job['attributes']['ipResolve'])) { // CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT, retry forcing IPv4 if no IP stack was selected
+                            $attributes['ipResolve'] = 4;
+                        }
                         $this->io->writeError('Retrying ('.($job['attributes']['retries'] + 1).') ' . Url::sanitize($job['url']) . ' due to curl error '. $errno, true, IOInterface::DEBUG);
-                        $this->restartJobWithDelay($job, $job['url'], ['retries' => $job['attributes']['retries'] + 1]);
+                        $this->restartJobWithDelay($job, $job['url'], $attributes);
                         continue;
                     }
 
@@ -582,7 +599,7 @@ class CurlDownloader
      * @param  Job    $job
      * @param non-empty-string $url
      *
-     * @param  array{retryAuthFailure?: bool, redirects?: int<0, max>, storeAuth?: 'prompt'|bool, retries?: int<1, max>} $attributes
+     * @param  array{retryAuthFailure?: bool, redirects?: int<0, max>, storeAuth?: 'prompt'|bool, retries?: int<1, max>, ipResolve?: 4|6} $attributes
      */
     private function restartJob(array $job, string $url, array $attributes = []): void
     {
@@ -600,7 +617,7 @@ class CurlDownloader
      * @param  Job    $job
      * @param non-empty-string $url
      *
-     * @param  array{retryAuthFailure?: bool, redirects?: int<0, max>, storeAuth?: 'prompt'|bool, retries: int<1, max>} $attributes
+     * @param  array{retryAuthFailure?: bool, redirects?: int<0, max>, storeAuth?: 'prompt'|bool, retries: int<1, max>, ipResolve?: 4|6} $attributes
      */
     private function restartJobWithDelay(array $job, string $url, array $attributes): void
     {