diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win_dns_client-null-chars.yml b/changelogs/fragments/win_dns_client-null-chars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77ba4f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win_dns_client-null-chars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- win_dns_client - Fix failure to lookup registry DNS servers when it contains null characters
diff --git a/plugins/modules/win_dns_client.ps1 b/plugins/modules/win_dns_client.ps1
index aa4d3c12..9a58b6b6 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/win_dns_client.ps1
+++ b/plugins/modules/win_dns_client.ps1
@@ -222,7 +222,11 @@ Function Get-RegistryNameServerInfo {
                 }
 
                 if (($ns = Get-OptionalProperty -InputObject $iprop -Name $items.StaticNameServer)) {
-                    $famInfo.EffectiveNameServers = $famInfo.StaticNameServers = $ns -split '[,;\ ]'
+                    # The raw string value may have null bytes at the end of the string so needs to be trimmed out.
+                    # This seems to only happen when Set-DnsClientServerAddress was used to set both IPv4 and IPv6
+                    # DNS servers at the same time.
+                    # $famInfo.EffectiveNameServers = $famInfo.StaticNameServers = $ns.Trim([char]0) -split '[,;\ ]'
+                    $famInfo.EffectiveNameServers = $famInfo.StaticNameServers = $ns.Trim([char]0) -split '[,;\ ]'
                     $famInfo.UsingDhcp = $false
                     $famInfo.NameServerBadFormat = $ns -match '[;\ ]'
                 }
@@ -381,7 +385,7 @@ Try {
 Catch {
     $excep = $_
 
-    Write-DebugLog "Exception: $($excep | out-string)"
+    Write-DebugLog "Exception: $($excep | Out-String)"
 
     Throw
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/win_dns_client/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/win_dns_client/tasks/main.yml
index 0e8b011b..32fe92a7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/win_dns_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/win_dns_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -201,12 +201,14 @@
     win_dns_client:
       adapter_names: '{{ network_adapter_name }}'
       dns_servers:
+      - 192.168.34.7
+      - 192.168.34.8
       - 2001:db8::1
       - 2001:db8::2
     register: set_ipv6
 
   - name: get result of set IPv6 DNS address
-    win_shell: (Get-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias '{{ network_adapter_name }}' -AddressFAmily IPv6).ServerAddresses
+    win_shell: (Get-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias '{{ network_adapter_name }}').ServerAddresses
     changed_when: no
     register: set_ipv6_actual
 
@@ -214,4 +216,19 @@
     assert:
       that:
       - set_ipv6 is changed
-      - set_ipv6_actual.stdout_lines == ['2001:db8::1', '2001:db8::2']
+      - set_ipv6_actual.stdout_lines == ['192.168.34.7', '192.168.34.8', '2001:db8::1', '2001:db8::2']
+
+  - name: set IPv6 DNS address (idempotent)
+    win_dns_client:
+      adapter_names: '{{ network_adapter_name }}'
+      dns_servers:
+      - 192.168.34.7
+      - 192.168.34.8
+      - 2001:db8::1
+      - 2001:db8::2
+    register: set_ipv6_again
+
+  - name: assert set IPv6 DNS address (idempotent)
+    assert:
+      that:
+      - not set_ipv6_again is changed
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