diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9be4cdf26..e1188b6e27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ We use *breaking :warning:* to mark changes that are not backward compatible (re
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [#7494](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/7494) Ruler: remove trailing period from SRV records returned by discovery `dnsnosrva` lookups
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [v0.36.0](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/tree/release-0.36) - in progress
diff --git a/pkg/discovery/dns/resolver.go b/pkg/discovery/dns/resolver.go
index d0078aea57..0025178607 100644
--- a/pkg/discovery/dns/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/discovery/dns/resolver.go
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ func (s *dnsSD) Resolve(ctx context.Context, name string, qtype QType) ([]string
 			}
 
 			if qtype == SRVNoA {
-				res = append(res, appendScheme(scheme, net.JoinHostPort(rec.Target, resPort)))
+				// Remove the final dot from rooted DNS names (this is for compatibility with Prometheus)
+				target := strings.TrimRight(rec.Target, ".")
+				res = append(res, appendScheme(scheme, net.JoinHostPort(target, resPort)))
 				continue
 			}
 			// Do A lookup for the domain in SRV answer.