diff --git a/pkg/daemon/multus/nginx-config.yaml b/pkg/daemon/multus/nginx-config.yaml
index 57793c1a7..27bde08a7 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/multus/nginx-config.yaml
+++ b/pkg/daemon/multus/nginx-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ metadata:
 data:
   server.conf: |
     server {
+        # listen on all IPv4 addrs
         listen       8080;
+        # listen on all IPv6 addrs
+        listen       [::]:8080;
         server_name  localhost;
 
         # return the client ip upon connect
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/multus/templates.go b/pkg/daemon/multus/templates.go
index f7aab51f2..275e0f2a8 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/multus/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/multus/templates.go
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ func (vt *ValidationTest) generateClientTemplateConfig(
 	if attachCluster && serverClusterAddr != "" {
 		netNamesAndAddresses["cluster"] = serverClusterAddr
 	}
+	for name, addr := range netNamesAndAddresses {
+		if strings.Contains(addr, ":") {
+			// it's an IPv6 address and needs square brackets around it to support :<port> addition
+			netNamesAndAddresses[name] = "[" + addr + "]"
+		}
+	}
 	return clientTemplateConfig{
 		NodeType:                 nodeType,
 		ClientType:               clientType,
diff --git a/tests/scripts/multus/default-public-cluster-nads.yaml b/tests/scripts/multus/default-public-cluster-nads.yaml
index bfb5898b5..bd8e96b51 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/multus/default-public-cluster-nads.yaml
+++ b/tests/scripts/multus/default-public-cluster-nads.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ metadata:
   labels:
   annotations:
 spec:
-  config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.3.1", "type": "macvlan", "master": "eth0", "mode": "bridge", "ipam": { "type": "whereabouts", "range": "192.168.30.0/24" } }'
+  config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.3.1", "type": "macvlan", "master": "eth0", "mode": "bridge", "ipam": { "type": "whereabouts", "range": "fc00::/96" } }'