diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/allow.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/allow.txt
index 79f0d10a9a33b..83105c50c224b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/allow.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/allow.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ dockercmd
 Dockerfiles
 doha
 DOOV
+DOQ
 Douban
 downsides
 downwardapi
diff --git a/changelog.d/25495_dnstap_parser_doq_support.fix.md b/changelog.d/25495_dnstap_parser_doq_support.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a36198bd34b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/25495_dnstap_parser_doq_support.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Added support for DOQ socket protocol in dnstap source. This will prevent error messages when DOQ
+traffic is encountered.
+
+authors: esensar Quad9DNS
diff --git a/lib/vector-vrl/dnstap-parser/src/parser.rs b/lib/vector-vrl/dnstap-parser/src/parser.rs
index 5e14303c4a5a2..73c7ccdde0142 100644
--- a/lib/vector-vrl/dnstap-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-vrl/dnstap-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -1009,23 +1009,9 @@ fn to_socket_family_name(socket_family: i32) -> Result<&'static str> {
 }
 
 fn to_socket_protocol_name(socket_protocol: i32) -> Result<&'static str> {
-    if socket_protocol == SocketProtocol::Udp as i32 {
-        Ok("UDP")
-    } else if socket_protocol == SocketProtocol::Tcp as i32 {
-        Ok("TCP")
-    } else if socket_protocol == SocketProtocol::Dot as i32 {
-        Ok("DOT")
-    } else if socket_protocol == SocketProtocol::Doh as i32 {
-        Ok("DOH")
-    } else if socket_protocol == SocketProtocol::DnsCryptUdp as i32 {
-        Ok("DNSCryptUDP")
-    } else if socket_protocol == SocketProtocol::DnsCryptTcp as i32 {
-        Ok("DNSCryptTCP")
-    } else {
-        Err(Error::from(format!(
-            "Unknown socket protocol: {socket_protocol}"
-        )))
-    }
+    SocketProtocol::try_from(socket_protocol)
+        .map_err(|_| Error::from(format!("Unknown socket protocol: {socket_protocol}")))
+        .map(|sp| sp.as_str_name())
 }
 
 fn to_dnstap_data_type(data_type_id: i32) -> Option<String> {
@@ -1449,6 +1435,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!("DOH", to_socket_protocol_name(4).unwrap());
         assert_eq!("DNSCryptUDP", to_socket_protocol_name(5).unwrap());
         assert_eq!("DNSCryptTCP", to_socket_protocol_name(6).unwrap());
-        assert!(to_socket_protocol_name(7).is_err());
+        assert_eq!("DOQ", to_socket_protocol_name(7).unwrap());
+        assert!(to_socket_protocol_name(8).is_err());
     }
 }