diff --git a/src/main/java/org/influxdb/InfluxDBFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/influxdb/InfluxDBFactory.java
index aee28d73a..76d18676c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/influxdb/InfluxDBFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/influxdb/InfluxDBFactory.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package org.influxdb;
 
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import org.influxdb.InfluxDB.ResponseFormat;
 import org.influxdb.impl.InfluxDBImpl;
-
-import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import org.influxdb.impl.Preconditions;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/InfluxDBImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/InfluxDBImpl.java
index 07916cf98..9535eeb20 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/InfluxDBImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/InfluxDBImpl.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -76,7 +78,14 @@ public class InfluxDBImpl implements InfluxDB {
    */
   private static final LogLevel LOG_LEVEL = LogLevel.parseLogLevel(System.getProperty(LOG_LEVEL_PROPERTY));
 
-  private final InetAddress hostAddress;
+  /**
+   * How often (in seconds) the address will be looked up when writing over UDP.
+   */
+  private static final long ADDRESS_LOOKUP_INTERVAL = 300L;
+
+  private InetAddress hostAddress;
+  private ZonedDateTime lastAddressLookup = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+  private final String url;
   private final String username;
   private final String password;
   private String version;
@@ -116,6 +125,7 @@ public InfluxDBImpl(final String url, final String username, final String passwo
       final ResponseFormat responseFormat) {
     this.messagePack = ResponseFormat.MSGPACK.equals(responseFormat);
     this.hostAddress = parseHostAddress(url);
+    this.url = url;
     this.username = username;
     this.password = password;
 
@@ -164,6 +174,7 @@ public InfluxDBImpl(final String url, final String username, final String passwo
     super();
     this.messagePack = false;
     this.hostAddress = parseHostAddress(url);
+    this.url = url;
     this.username = username;
     this.password = password;
 
@@ -471,7 +482,12 @@ public void write(final int udpPort, final String records) {
     initialDatagramSocket();
     byte[] bytes = records.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     try {
-        datagramSocket.send(new DatagramPacket(bytes, bytes.length, hostAddress, udpPort));
+        // look up the url again
+        if (this.lastAddressLookup.plusSeconds(ADDRESS_LOOKUP_INTERVAL).isAfter(ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC))) {
+          this.hostAddress = this.parseHostAddress(this.url);
+        }
+
+        datagramSocket.send(new DatagramPacket(bytes, bytes.length, this.hostAddress, udpPort));
     } catch (IOException e) {
         throw new InfluxDBIOException(e);
     }