diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
index 5e432c164..d05f20954 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player {
    */
   private Optional<RegisteredServer> getNextServerToTry(@Nullable RegisteredServer current) {
     if (serversToTry == null) {
-      String virtualHostStr = connectedHost().map(InetSocketAddress::getHostString).orElse("");
+      String virtualHostStr = connectedHost().map(InetSocketAddress::getHostString)
+          .orElse("")
+          .toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
       serversToTry = server.configuration().getForcedHosts().getOrDefault(virtualHostStr,
           Collections.emptyList());
     }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java
index 5a9f7cd29..70fac7f61 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ public class StatusSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(constructLocalPing(shownVersion));
     } else {
       String virtualHostStr = inbound.connectedHost().map(InetSocketAddress::getHostString)
+          .map(str -> str.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
           .orElse("");
       List<String> serversToTry = server.configuration().getForcedHosts().getOrDefault(
           virtualHostStr, server.configuration().getAttemptConnectionOrder());