diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_branches.yml b/.github/workflows/test_branches.yml
index 26026eace8b..6650a663a1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_branches.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_branches.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,17 @@ jobs:
         black . --check --diff
     - name: Spell Check
       uses: crate-ci/typos@master
-      with: 
+      with:
         config: ./.github/workflows/typos.toml
+    - name: Set DNS server
+      run: |
+        # This will hopefully resolve intermittent DNS resolution errors
+        echo "Reset DNS servers to use cloudfare"
+        LINK=`resolvectl query github.com | grep link: | sed -r 's/.*link://'`
+        sudo resolvectl dns $LINK 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1
+        sudo resolvectl flush-caches
+        sudo resolvectl query github.com
+        sudo resolvectl status
     - name: URL Checker
       if: env.PYOMO_WORKFLOW == 'branch'
       uses: urlstechie/urlchecker-action@0.0.34
@@ -214,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
         #  - install glpk
         #  - pyodbc needs: gcc pkg-config unixodbc freetds
         for pkg in bash pkg-config unixodbc freetds glpk ginac; do
-            brew list $pkg || brew install $pkg
+            brew list $pkg 2>/dev/null || brew install $pkg
         done
 
     - name: Update Linux
@@ -700,7 +709,7 @@ jobs:
         echo ""
         echo "PYOMO_CONFIG_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/config" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-    # this has to be done after Pyomo is installed because highspy 
+    # this has to be done after Pyomo is installed because highspy
     # depends on pyomo's find_library function
     - name: Install HiGHS
       if: ${{ ! matrix.slim }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_pr_and_main.yml b/.github/workflows/test_pr_and_main.yml
index 32663db656a..eb90c885aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_pr_and_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_pr_and_main.yml
@@ -61,8 +61,17 @@ jobs:
         black . --check --diff
     - name: Spell Check
       uses: crate-ci/typos@master
-      with: 
+      with:
         config: ./.github/workflows/typos.toml
+    - name: Set DNS server
+      run: |
+        # This will hopefully resolve intermittent DNS resolution errors
+        echo "Reset DNS servers to use cloudfare"
+        LINK=`resolvectl query github.com | grep link: | sed -r 's/.*link://'`
+        sudo resolvectl dns $LINK 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1
+        sudo resolvectl flush-caches
+        sudo resolvectl query github.com
+        sudo resolvectl status
     - name: URL Checker
       if: env.PYOMO_WORKFLOW == 'branch'
       uses: urlstechie/urlchecker-action@0.0.34
@@ -266,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
         #  - install glpk
         #  - pyodbc needs: gcc pkg-config unixodbc freetds
         for pkg in bash pkg-config unixodbc freetds glpk ginac; do
-            brew list $pkg || brew install $pkg
+            brew list $pkg 2>/dev/null || brew install $pkg
         done
 
     - name: Update Linux
@@ -752,7 +761,7 @@ jobs:
         echo ""
         echo "PYOMO_CONFIG_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/config" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-    # this has to be done after Pyomo is installed because highspy 
+    # this has to be done after Pyomo is installed because highspy
     # depends on pyomo's find_library function
     - name: Install HiGHS
       if: ${{ ! matrix.slim }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/url_check.yml b/.github/workflows/url_check.yml
index e04b643d0d3..daf7e74c7a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/url_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/url_check.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Pyomo source
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - name: Set DNS server
+      run: |
+        # This will hopefully resolve intermittent DNS resolution errors
+        echo "Reset DNS servers to use cloudfare"
+        LINK=`resolvectl query github.com | grep link: | sed -r 's/.*link://'`
+        sudo resolvectl dns $LINK 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1
+        sudo resolvectl flush-caches
+        sudo resolvectl query github.com
+        sudo resolvectl status
     - name: URL Checker
       uses: urlstechie/urlchecker-action@0.0.34
       with: