diff --git a/e2e/ipv6/kind-ipv6.yaml b/e2e/ipv6/kind-ipv6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ad5f7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ipv6/kind-ipv6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+networking:
+  ipFamily: ipv6
+  apiServerAddress: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/pkg/resources/containers/curl_start.go b/pkg/resources/containers/curl_start.go
index ca14b0d8..334d3309 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/containers/curl_start.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/containers/curl_start.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package containers
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/k6-operator/pkg/types"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func NewStartContainer(hostnames []string, image string, imagePullPolicy corev1.
 
 	var parts []string
 	for _, hostname := range hostnames {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("curl --retry 3 -X PATCH -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://%s:6565/v1/status -d '%s'", hostname, req))
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("curl --retry 3 -X PATCH -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://%s/v1/status -d '%s'", net.JoinHostPort(hostname, "6565"), req))
 	}
 
 	return corev1.Container{
diff --git a/pkg/resources/containers/curl_stop.go b/pkg/resources/containers/curl_stop.go
index 638055a4..78bf1429 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/containers/curl_stop.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/containers/curl_stop.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package containers
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/k6-operator/pkg/types"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func NewStopContainer(hostnames []string, image string, imagePullPolicy corev1.P
 
 	var parts []string
 	for _, hostname := range hostnames {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("curl --retry 3 -X PATCH -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://%s:6565/v1/status -d '%s'", hostname, req))
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("curl --retry 3 -X PATCH -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://%s/v1/status -d '%s'", net.JoinHostPort(hostname, "6565"), req))
 	}
 
 	return corev1.Container{