diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/TCPSocket.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/common/TCPSocket.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/TCPSocket.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/common/TCPSocket.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@
 
   std::vector<SocketAddress> addresses = SocketAddress::GetAddressInfo(
       host_str.c_str(), nullptr, AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+  // IPv4 is more likely to succeed than IPv6. To avoid costly retries,
+  // we sort based on family to prioritize IPv4 over IPv6.
+  std::sort(addresses.begin(), addresses.end(),
+            [](SocketAddress a, SocketAddress b) {
+              return a.GetFamily() < b.GetFamily();
+            });
   for (SocketAddress &address : addresses) {
     error = CreateSocket(address.GetFamily());
     if (error.Fail())