diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServerUtils.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServerUtils.java
index 50f26aa6..a9ed9cb5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServerUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServerUtils.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public final class ConsulServerUtils {
 		try {
 			InetAddress inetAdr = InetAddress.getByName(address);
 			if (inetAdr instanceof Inet6Address) {
-				return "[" + inetAdr.getHostName() + "]";
+				return "[" + inetAdr.getHostAddress() + "]";
 			}
 			return address;
 		}