diff --git a/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic.go b/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic.go
index 0cacfe37..f65452b7 100644
--- a/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic.go
+++ b/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic.go
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ package nic
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"reflect"
 
-	"github.com/rung/go-safecast"
-
 	sdkgo "github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6"
+	"github.com/rung/go-safecast"
 
 	"github.com/ionos-cloud/crossplane-provider-ionoscloud/apis/compute/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/ionos-cloud/crossplane-provider-ionoscloud/internal/clients"
@@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ func GenerateUpdateNicInput(cr *v1alpha1.Nic, ips []string) (*sdkgo.NicPropertie
 		instanceUpdateInput.SetName(cr.Spec.ForProvider.Name)
 	}
 	if len(ips) > 0 {
-		instanceUpdateInput.SetIps(ips)
+		ipv4s, ipv6s := GetIPvSlices(ips)
+		if len(ipv4s) > 0 {
+			instanceUpdateInput.SetIps(ips)
+		}
+		if len(ipv6s) > 0 {
+			instanceUpdateInput.SetIpv6Ips(ips)
+		}
 	}
 	if cr.Spec.ForProvider.FirewallType != "" {
 		instanceUpdateInput.SetFirewallType(cr.Spec.ForProvider.FirewallType)
@@ -178,6 +184,13 @@ func GenerateUpdateNicInput(cr *v1alpha1.Nic, ips []string) (*sdkgo.NicPropertie
 
 // IsNicUpToDate returns true if the Nic is up-to-date or false if it does not
 func IsNicUpToDate(cr *v1alpha1.Nic, nic sdkgo.Nic, ips []string) bool { // nolint:gocyclo
+	var ipv4s []string
+	var ipv6s []string
+
+	if len(ips) > 0 {
+		ipv4s, ipv6s = GetIPvSlices(ips)
+	}
+
 	switch {
 	case cr == nil && nic.Properties == nil:
 		return true
@@ -201,9 +214,29 @@ func IsNicUpToDate(cr *v1alpha1.Nic, nic sdkgo.Nic, ips []string) bool { // noli
 		return false
 	case nic.Properties.Vnet != nil && *nic.Properties.Vnet != cr.Spec.ForProvider.Vnet:
 		return false
-	case len(ips) != 0 && nic.Properties.HasIps() && !utils.ContainsStringSlices(ips, *nic.Properties.Ips):
+	case len(ipv4s) != 0 && nic.Properties.HasIps() && !utils.ContainsStringSlices(ipv4s, *nic.Properties.Ips):
+		return false
+	case len(ipv6s) != 0 && nic.Properties.HasIpv6Ips() && !utils.ContainsStringSlices(ipv6s, *nic.Properties.Ipv6Ips):
 		return false
 	default:
 		return true
 	}
 }
+
+// GetIPvSlices splits ips into ipv4 / ipv6 slices
+func GetIPvSlices(ips []string) (ipv4s []string, ipv6s []string) {
+	for _, ip := range ips {
+		parsedIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
+		if parsedIP == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if parsedIP.To4() != nil {
+			ipv4s = append(ipv4s, ip)
+		} else {
+			ipv6s = append(ipv6s, ip)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ipv4s, ipv6s
+}
diff --git a/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic_test.go b/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic_test.go
index 7b2666ee..7006fff0 100644
--- a/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic_test.go
+++ b/internal/clients/compute/nic/nic_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go-bundle/shared"
+	ionoscloud "github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6"
 
 	"github.com/ionos-cloud/crossplane-provider-ionoscloud/apis/compute/v1alpha1"
-
-	ionoscloud "github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6"
 )
 
 func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -73,7 +72,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 						FirewallActive: shared.ToPtr(false),
 						FirewallType:   shared.ToPtr("INGRESS"),
 						Vnet:           shared.ToPtr("1"),
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
 						Name: shared.ToPtr("empty"),
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 								IPs: []string{
 									"10.10.10.10",
 									"10.10.10.11",
+									"2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7335",
 								},
 							},
 						},
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				ips: []string{
 					"10.10.10.10",
 					"10.10.10.11",
+					"2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7335",
 				},
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
@@ -172,7 +175,11 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 							"10.11.12.13",
 							"192.168.8.14",
 						},
-					}},
+						Ipv6Ips: &[]string{
+							"2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7334",
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: false,
 		},
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 								IPs: []string{
 									"10.10.10.10",
 									"10.10.10.11",
+									"2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7335",
 								},
 							},
 						},
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				ips: []string{
 					"10.10.10.10",
 					"10.10.10.11",
+					"2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7335",
 				},
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
@@ -204,7 +213,11 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 							"10.10.10.10",
 							"10.10.10.11",
 						},
-					}},
+						Ipv6Ips: &[]string{
+							"2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7335",
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -221,7 +234,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
 						Dhcpv6: nil,
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -238,7 +252,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
 						Dhcpv6: ionoscloud.PtrBool(true),
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -255,7 +270,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
 						Dhcpv6: nil,
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -272,7 +288,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
 						Dhcpv6: ionoscloud.PtrBool(true),
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
@@ -289,7 +306,8 @@ func TestIsNicUpToDate(t *testing.T) {
 				Nic: ionoscloud.Nic{
 					Properties: &ionoscloud.NicProperties{
 						Dhcpv6: ionoscloud.PtrBool(true),
-					}},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 			want: false,
 		},