diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4611fd5db5..7ec92a8087 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #### Bugs
 
 * Fix #6747: Preventing websocket error logs when the client is closed
+* Fix #6781: Allowing ipv6 entries to work in NO_PROXY
 
 #### Improvements
 
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtils.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtils.java
index 0d27ffdc8a..8237153a25 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtils.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtils.java
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public void before(BasicBuilder builder, HttpRequest request, RequestTags tags)
   private static final String HEADER_INTERCEPTOR = "HEADER";
   private static final String KUBERNETES_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_INTERCEPTOR_DISABLE = "kubernetes.backwardsCompatibilityInterceptor.disable";
   private static final String BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_DISABLE_DEFAULT = "true";
-  private static final Pattern IPV4_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-      "(http://|https://)?(?<ipAddressOrSubnet>(([01]?\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\.){3}([01]?\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])(\\/([1-2]\\d|3[0-2]|\\d))?)(\\D+|$)");
+  private static final Pattern IP_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
+      "(http(s?)://)?(?<ipAddressOrSubnet>((\\d{1,3}(.\\d{1,3}){3})|([a-f\\d]{1,4}(\\:[a-f\\d]{0,4}){2,7}))(/\\d+)?)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
   private static final Pattern INVALID_HOST_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^\\da-zA-Z.\\-/:]+");
 
   private HttpClientUtils() {
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ static boolean isHostMatchedByNoProxy(String host, String[] noProxies) throws Ma
   }
 
   private static Optional<String> extractIpAddressOrSubnet(String ipAddressOrSubnet) {
-    final Matcher ipMatcher = IPV4_PATTERN.matcher(ipAddressOrSubnet);
-    if (ipMatcher.find()) {
+    final Matcher ipMatcher = IP_PATTERN.matcher(ipAddressOrSubnet);
+    if (ipMatcher.matches()) {
       return Optional.of(ipMatcher.group("ipAddressOrSubnet"));
     }
     return Optional.empty();
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtilsTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtilsTest.java
index 208c8c3926..a2b5120f43 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtilsTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/HttpClientUtilsTest.java
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ Stream<Arguments> masterHostnameDoesMatchNoProxyInput() {
           arguments("192.168.1.110", new String[] { "192.168.1.0/24" }),
           arguments("192.168.1.110", new String[] { "http://192.168.1.0/24" }),
           arguments("192.168.1.110", new String[] { "192.0.0.0/8" }),
+          arguments("2620:52:0:9c:0:0:0:1", new String[] { "2620:52:0:9c::/64" }),
           arguments("192.168.1.110", new String[] { "http://192.0.0.0/8" }));
     }
 
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/IpAddressMatcherTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/IpAddressMatcherTest.java
index fa3e08c36c..59708d2dc2 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/IpAddressMatcherTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/IpAddressMatcherTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ static Stream<Arguments> matchesTrueInput() {
         arguments("192.168.10.110", "192.168.10.110"),
         arguments("192.168.1.0/8", "192.168.10.110"),
         arguments("192.168.1.0/24", "192.168.1.100"),
+        arguments("10.96.0.1", "0:0:0:0:0:ffff:0a60:0001"),
+        arguments("2620:52:0:9c::/64", "2620:52:0:9c:0:0:0:1"),
         arguments("0.0.0.0/0", "123.4.5.6"),
         arguments("0.0.0.0/0", "192.168.0.159"),
         arguments("192.168.0.159/0", "123.4.5.6"),
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ static Stream<Arguments> matchesFalseInput() {
         arguments("192.168.1.0/24", "193.168.1.10"),
         arguments("192.168.1.0/24", "192.168.2.10"),
         arguments("192.168.1.0/8", "193.168.1.10"),
-        arguments("192.168.1.128/25", "192.168.1.104"),
-        arguments("kubernetes.default.svc", "kubernetes.default.svc"));
+        arguments("192.168.1.128/25", "192.168.1.104"));
   }
 }