diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtils.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtils.java
index 84900e3374..7ccd3c1b28 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtils.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public abstract class ForwardedHeaderUtils {
 		String forHeader = headers.getFirst("X-Forwarded-For");
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(forHeader)) {
 			String host = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(forHeader, ",")[0];
+			host = (!host.startsWith("[") && !host.endsWith("]") ? "[" + host + "]" : host);
 			return InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(host, port);
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilterTests.java
index 576d891533..eba97f020e 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ForwardedHeaderFilterTests {
 		this.request.addHeader(X_FORWARDED_HOST, "84.198.58.199");
 		this.request.addHeader(X_FORWARDED_PORT, "443");
 		this.request.addHeader("foo", "bar");
-		this.request.addHeader(X_FORWARDED_FOR, "203.0.113.195");
+		this.request.addHeader(X_FORWARDED_FOR, "[203.0.113.195]");
 
 		this.filter.doFilter(this.request, new MockHttpServletResponse(), this.filterChain);
 		HttpServletRequest actual = (HttpServletRequest) this.filterChain.getRequest();
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ForwardedHeaderFilterTests {
 		assertThat(actual.getServerName()).isEqualTo("84.198.58.199");
 		assertThat(actual.getServerPort()).isEqualTo(443);
 		assertThat(actual.isSecure()).isTrue();
-		assertThat(actual.getRemoteAddr()).isEqualTo(actual.getRemoteHost()).isEqualTo("203.0.113.195");
+		assertThat(actual.getRemoteAddr()).isEqualTo(actual.getRemoteHost()).isEqualTo("[203.0.113.195]");
 
 		assertThat(actual.getHeader(X_FORWARDED_PROTO)).isNull();
 		assertThat(actual.getHeader(X_FORWARDED_HOST)).isNull();
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class ForwardedHeaderFilterTests {
 			request.addHeader(X_FORWARDED_FOR, "203.0.113.195");
 			HttpServletRequest actual = filterAndGetWrappedRequest();
 
-			assertThat(actual.getRemoteAddr()).isEqualTo(actual.getRemoteHost()).isEqualTo("203.0.113.195");
+			assertThat(actual.getRemoteAddr()).isEqualTo(actual.getRemoteHost()).isEqualTo("[203.0.113.195]");
 			assertThat(actual.getRemotePort()).isEqualTo(MockHttpServletRequest.DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT);
 		}
 
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class ForwardedHeaderFilterTests {
 			request.addHeader(X_FORWARDED_FOR, "203.0.113.195, 70.41.3.18, 150.172.238.178");
 			HttpServletRequest actual = filterAndGetWrappedRequest();
 
-			assertThat(actual.getRemoteAddr()).isEqualTo(actual.getRemoteHost()).isEqualTo("203.0.113.195");
+			assertThat(actual.getRemoteAddr()).isEqualTo(actual.getRemoteHost()).isEqualTo("[203.0.113.195]");
 			assertThat(actual.getRemotePort()).isEqualTo(MockHttpServletRequest.DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT);
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/server/adapter/ForwardedHeaderTransformerTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/server/adapter/ForwardedHeaderTransformerTests.java
index 82a0324613..bf78be2b93 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/server/adapter/ForwardedHeaderTransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/server/adapter/ForwardedHeaderTransformerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class ForwardedHeaderTransformerTests {
 
 		request = this.requestMutator.apply(request);
 		assertThat(request.getRemoteAddress()).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(request.getRemoteAddress().getHostName()).isEqualTo("203.0.113.195");
+		assertThat(request.getRemoteAddress().getHostName()).isEqualTo("[203.0.113.195]");
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtilsTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtilsTests.java
index f5921e7ff2..b21861bd9f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/ForwardedHeaderUtilsTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.util;
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -539,4 +540,15 @@ class ForwardedHeaderUtilsTests {
 		assertThat(result.toUriString()).isEqualTo("https://192.0.2.3:9090/rest/mobile/users/1");
 	}
 
+	@Test  // gh-34253
+	void fromHttpRequestXForwardedHeaderForIpv6Formatting() {
+		HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+		headers.add("X-Forwarded-For", "fd00:fefe:1::4, 192.168.0.1");
+
+		InetSocketAddress address =
+				ForwardedHeaderUtils.parseForwardedFor(URI.create("http://example.com"), headers, null);
+
+		assertThat(address.getHostName()).isEqualTo("[fd00:fefe:1::4]");
+	}
+
 }