diff --git a/quic-forward-proxy-integration-test/tests/quic_proxy_tpu_integrationtest.rs b/quic-forward-proxy-integration-test/tests/quic_proxy_tpu_integrationtest.rs
index 06ec9307..62dc6b56 100644
--- a/quic-forward-proxy-integration-test/tests/quic_proxy_tpu_integrationtest.rs
+++ b/quic-forward-proxy-integration-test/tests/quic_proxy_tpu_integrationtest.rs
@@ -474,27 +474,27 @@ async fn start_literpc_client_direct_mode(
         TpuConnectionManager::new(certificate, key, fanout_slots as usize).await;
 
     // this effectively controls how many connections we will have
-    let mut connections_to_keep: HashMap<Pubkey, SocketAddr> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut connections_to_keep = HashSet::<(Pubkey, SocketAddr)>::new();
     let addr1 = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0")
         .unwrap()
         .local_addr()
         .unwrap();
-    connections_to_keep.insert(
+    connections_to_keep.insert((
         Pubkey::from_str("1111111jepwNWbYG87sgwnBbUJnQHrPiUJzMpqJXZ")?,
         addr1,
-    );
+    ));
 
     let addr2 = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0")
         .unwrap()
         .local_addr()
         .unwrap();
-    connections_to_keep.insert(
+    connections_to_keep.insert((
         Pubkey::from_str("1111111k4AYMctpyJakWNvGcte6tR8BLyZw54R8qu")?,
         addr2,
-    );
+    ));
 
     // this is the real streamer
-    connections_to_keep.insert(literpc_validator_identity.pubkey(), streamer_listen_addrs);
+    connections_to_keep.insert((literpc_validator_identity.pubkey(), streamer_listen_addrs));
 
     // get information about the optional validator identity stake
     // populated from get_stakes_for_identity()
diff --git a/services/src/tpu_utils/quic_proxy_connection_manager.rs b/services/src/tpu_utils/quic_proxy_connection_manager.rs
index 07ee1820..ca33d529 100644
--- a/services/src/tpu_utils/quic_proxy_connection_manager.rs
+++ b/services/src/tpu_utils/quic_proxy_connection_manager.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, UdpSocket};
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl QuicProxyConnectionManager {
         &self,
         broadcast_receiver: Receiver<SentTransactionInfo>,
         // for duration of this slot these tpu nodes will receive the transactions
-        connections_to_keep: HashMap<Pubkey, SocketAddr>,
+        connections_to_keep: HashSet<(Pubkey, SocketAddr)>,
         connection_parameters: QuicConnectionParameters,
     ) {
         debug!(
diff --git a/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_connection_manager.rs b/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_connection_manager.rs
index 8f92cb30..beba2c6c 100644
--- a/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_connection_manager.rs
+++ b/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_connection_manager.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use solana_lite_rpc_core::{
 use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
 use solana_streamer::nonblocking::quic::compute_max_allowed_uni_streams;
 use std::{
-    collections::HashMap,
+    collections::HashSet,
     net::SocketAddr,
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct ActiveConnectionWithExitNotifier {
 
 pub struct TpuConnectionManager {
     endpoints: RotatingQueue<Endpoint>,
-    identity_to_active_connection: Arc<DashMap<Pubkey, Arc<ActiveConnectionWithExitNotifier>>>,
+    active_connections: Arc<DashMap<(Pubkey, SocketAddr), Arc<ActiveConnectionWithExitNotifier>>>,
 }
 
 impl TpuConnectionManager {
@@ -268,21 +268,22 @@ impl TpuConnectionManager {
             endpoints: RotatingQueue::new(number_of_clients, || {
                 QuicConnectionUtils::create_endpoint(certificate.clone(), key.clone())
             }),
-            identity_to_active_connection: Arc::new(DashMap::new()),
+            active_connections: Arc::new(DashMap::new()),
         }
     }
 
     pub async fn update_connections(
         &self,
         broadcast_sender: Arc<Sender<SentTransactionInfo>>,
-        connections_to_keep: HashMap<Pubkey, SocketAddr>,
+        connections_to_keep: HashSet<(Pubkey, SocketAddr)>,
         identity_stakes: IdentityStakesData,
         data_cache: DataCache,
         connection_parameters: QuicConnectionParameters,
     ) {
         NB_CONNECTIONS_TO_KEEP.set(connections_to_keep.len() as i64);
         for (identity, socket_addr) in &connections_to_keep {
-            if self.identity_to_active_connection.get(identity).is_none() {
+            let connection_key = (*identity, *socket_addr);
+            if self.active_connections.get(&connection_key).is_none() {
                 trace!("added a connection for {}, {}", identity, socket_addr);
                 let active_connection = ActiveConnection::new(
                     self.endpoints.clone(),
@@ -300,8 +301,8 @@ impl TpuConnectionManager {
                     exit_notifier.clone(),
                     identity_stakes,
                 );
-                self.identity_to_active_connection.insert(
-                    *identity,
+                self.active_connections.insert(
+                    connection_key,
                     Arc::new(ActiveConnectionWithExitNotifier {
                         active_connection,
                         exit_notifier,
@@ -311,9 +312,9 @@ impl TpuConnectionManager {
         }
 
         // remove connections which are no longer needed
-        self.identity_to_active_connection.retain(|key, value| {
-            if !connections_to_keep.contains_key(key) {
-                trace!("removing a connection for {}", key.to_string());
+        self.active_connections.retain(|key, value| {
+            if !connections_to_keep.contains(key) {
+                trace!("removing a connection for {} {}", key.0, key.1);
                 // ignore error for exit channel
                 value
                     .active_connection
diff --git a/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_service.rs b/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_service.rs
index 087a71f0..da2f4203 100644
--- a/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_service.rs
+++ b/services/src/tpu_utils/tpu_service.rs
@@ -138,11 +138,17 @@ impl TpuService {
                 (x.pubkey, tpu_port)
             })
             .filter(|x| x.1.is_some())
-            .map(|x| {
-                let mut addr = x.1.unwrap();
+            .flat_map(|x| {
+                let mut tpu_addr = x.1.unwrap();
                 // add quic port offset
-                addr.set_port(addr.port() + QUIC_PORT_OFFSET);
-                (x.0, addr)
+                tpu_addr.set_port(tpu_addr.port() + QUIC_PORT_OFFSET);
+
+                // Technically the forwards port could be anywhere and unfortunately getClusterNodes
+                // does not report it. However it's nearly always directly after the tpu port.
+                let mut tpu_forwards_addr = tpu_addr.clone();
+                tpu_forwards_addr.set_port(tpu_addr.port() + 1);
+
+                [(x.0, tpu_addr), (x.0, tpu_forwards_addr)]
             })
             .collect();