diff --git a/registry/mdns_registry.go b/registry/mdns_registry.go
index fe952d22..8563ecac 100644
--- a/registry/mdns_registry.go
+++ b/registry/mdns_registry.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	log "github.com/micro/go-micro/v2/logger"
 	"github.com/micro/mdns"
 )
 
@@ -148,7 +149,6 @@ func (m *mdnsRegistry) Register(service *Service, opts ...RegisterOption) error
 			continue
 		}
 
-		//
 		host, pt, err := net.SplitHostPort(node.Address)
 		if err != nil {
 			gerr = err
@@ -270,10 +270,20 @@ func (m *mdnsRegistry) GetService(service string) ([]*Service, error) {
 						Endpoints: txt.Endpoints,
 					}
 				}
-
+				addr := ""
+				// prefer ipv4 addrs
+				if e.AddrV4 != nil {
+					addr = e.AddrV4.String()
+					// else use ipv6
+				} else if e.AddrV6 != nil {
+					addr = "[" + e.AddrV6.String() + "]"
+				} else {
+					log.Infof("[mdns]: invalid endpoint received: %v", e)
+					continue
+				}
 				s.Nodes = append(s.Nodes, &Node{
 					Id:       strings.TrimSuffix(e.Name, "."+p.Service+"."+p.Domain+"."),
-					Address:  fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", e.AddrV4.String(), e.Port),
+					Address:  fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", addr, e.Port),
 					Metadata: txt.Metadata,
 				})
 
diff --git a/util/addr/addr.go b/util/addr/addr.go
index fafe8b56..2fa52b25 100644
--- a/util/addr/addr.go
+++ b/util/addr/addr.go
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ func Extract(addr string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	addrs = append(addrs, loAddrs...)
 
-	var ipAddr []byte
-	var publicIP []byte
+	var ipAddr string
+	var publicIP string
 
 	for _, rawAddr := range addrs {
 		var ip net.IP
@@ -94,22 +94,30 @@ func Extract(addr string) (string, error) {
 		}
 
 		if !isPrivateIP(ip.String()) {
-			publicIP = ip
+			publicIP = ip.String()
 			continue
 		}
 
-		ipAddr = ip
+		ipAddr = ip.String()
 		break
 	}
 
 	// return private ip
-	if ipAddr != nil {
-		return net.IP(ipAddr).String(), nil
+	if len(ipAddr) > 0 {
+		a := net.ParseIP(ipAddr)
+		if a == nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("ip addr %s is invalid", ipAddr)
+		}
+		return a.String(), nil
 	}
 
 	// return public or virtual ip
-	if publicIP != nil {
-		return net.IP(publicIP).String(), nil
+	if len(publicIP) > 0 {
+		a := net.ParseIP(publicIP)
+		if a == nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("ip addr %s is invalid", publicIP)
+		}
+		return a.String(), nil
 	}
 
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("No IP address found, and explicit IP not provided")