diff -Naur A/Build.PL B/Build.PL
--- A/Build.PL
+++ B/Build.PL
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Module::Build->new(
       Exporter        => 0,
       IO::Socket      => 0,
       Math::BigInt    => 0,
+      Socket          => '2.000',
    },
    recommends         => {
       Crypt::DES      => '2.03',  # SNMPv3
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ Module::Build->new(
       Digest::SHA1    => '1.02',  # SNMPv3
       Digest::HMAC    => '1.00',  # SNMPv3
       Crypt::Rijndael => '1.02',  # SNMPv3 - AES Cipher Algorithm 
-      Socket6         => '0.23',  # UDP/IPv6 or TCP/IPv6 Transport Domain 
    },
    meta_merge         => {
       resources       => {
diff -Naur A/META.yml B/META.yml
--- A/META.yml
+++ B/META.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ abstract: 'Object oriented interface to SNMP'
 author:
   - 'David M. Town <dtown@cpan.org>'
 build_requires:
-  Test: 0
+  Test: '0'
 configure_requires:
-  Module::Build: 0.36
-generated_by: 'Module::Build version 0.3607'
+  Module::Build: '0.42'
+dynamic_config: 1
+generated_by: 'Module::Build version 0.4234, CPAN::Meta::Converter version 2.150010'
 license: perl
 meta-spec:
   url: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.4.html
-  version: 1.4
+  version: '1.4'
 name: Net-SNMP
 provides:
   Net::SNMP:
@@ -59,21 +60,22 @@ provides:
     file: lib/Net/SNMP/Transport/IPv6/UDP.pm
     version: v3.0.0
 recommends:
-  Crypt::DES: 2.03
-  Crypt::Rijndael: 1.02
-  Digest::HMAC: 1.00
-  Digest::MD5: 2.11
-  Digest::SHA1: 1.02
-  Socket6: 0.23
+  Crypt::DES: '2.03'
+  Crypt::Rijndael: '1.02'
+  Digest::HMAC: '1.00'
+  Digest::MD5: '2.11'
+  Digest::SHA1: '1.02'
 requires:
-  Carp: 0
-  Errno: 0
-  Exporter: 0
-  IO::Socket: 0
-  Math::BigInt: 0
-  perl: 5.006
+  Carp: '0'
+  Errno: '0'
+  Exporter: '0'
+  IO::Socket: '0'
+  Math::BigInt: '0'
+  Socket: '2.000'
+  perl: '5.006'
 resources:
   CPANForum: http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/Net-SNMP
   bugtracker: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Net-SNMP
   license: http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
 version: v6.0.1
+x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff -Naur A/Makefile.PL B/Makefile.PL
index 4678c32..a15243b 100644
--- A/Makefile.PL
+++ B/Makefile.PL
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
       Digest::MD5  => '2.11',  # SNMPv3
       Digest::SHA1 => '1.02',  # SNMPv3
       Digest::HMAC => '1.00',  # SNMPv3
+      Socket       => '2.000',
    },
    dist          => {
       CI           => 'ci -u -sRel -m\"Changes for $(VERSION)\"',
diff -Naur A/README B/README
--- A/README
+++ B/README
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS
     protocol, the non-core module Crypt::Rijndael is needed.
 
     To use UDP/IPv6 or TCP/IPv6 as a Transport Domain, the non-core 
-    module Socket6 is needed.
+    module Socket is needed.
 
 DOCUMENTATION
 
diff -Naur A/lib/Net/SNMP.pm B/lib/Net/SNMP.pm
--- A/lib/Net/SNMP.pm
+++ B/lib/Net/SNMP.pm
@@ -3561,7 +3561,7 @@ non-core module F<Crypt::Rijndael> is needed.
 =item *
 
 To use UDP/IPv6 or TCP/IPv6 as a Transport Domain, the non-core module 
-F<Socket6> is needed.
+F<Socket> is needed.
 
 =back
 
diff -Naur A/lib/Net/SNMP/Transport/IPv6.pm B/lib/Net/SNMP/Transport/IPv6.pm
--- A/lib/Net/SNMP/Transport/IPv6.pm	2010-09-10 02:02:45.000000000 +0200
+++ B/lib/Net/SNMP/Transport/IPv6.pm	2023-06-14 09:27:57.736399948 +0200
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 use Net::SNMP::Transport qw( DEBUG_INFO );
 
-use Socket6 0.23 qw(
-   PF_INET6 AF_INET6 in6addr_any in6addr_loopback getaddrinfo
-   pack_sockaddr_in6_all unpack_sockaddr_in6_all inet_pton inet_ntop
+use Socket qw(
+   PF_INET6 AF_INET6 IN6ADDR_ANY IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK getaddrinfo
+   pack_sockaddr_in6 unpack_sockaddr_in6 inet_pton inet_ntop
 );
 
 ## Version of the Net::SNMP::Transport::IPv6 module
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@
 
 sub _addr_any
 {
-   return in6addr_any;
+   return IN6ADDR_ANY;
 }
 
 sub _addr_loopback
 {
-   return in6addr_loopback;
+   return IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK;
 }
 
 sub _hostname_resolve
@@ -117,23 +117,22 @@
 
    # Resolve the address.
 
-   my @info = getaddrinfo(($_[1] = $host), q{}, PF_INET6);
+   my ($err, @addrs) = getaddrinfo(($_[1] = $host), q{}, {'family' => PF_INET6});
 
-   if (@info >= 5) {
+   if (! $err) {
       if ($host =~ s/(.*)%.*$/$1/) { # <address>%<ifName>
          $_[1] = $1;
       }
-      while (@info >= 5) {
-         if ($info[0] == PF_INET6) {
-            $nh->{flowinfo} = $this->_flowinfo($info[3]);
-            $nh->{scope_id} ||= $this->_scope_id($info[3]);
-            return $nh->{addr} = $this->_addr($info[3]);
+      while (my $addr = shift @addrs) {
+         if ($addr->{'family'} == PF_INET6) {
+            $nh->{flowinfo} = $this->_flowinfo($addr->{'addr'});
+            $nh->{scope_id} ||= $this->_scope_id($addr->{'addr'});
+            return $nh->{addr} = $this->_addr($addr->{'addr'});
          }
-         DEBUG_INFO('family = %d, sin = %s', $info[0], unpack 'H*', $info[3]);
-         splice @info, 0, 5;
+         DEBUG_INFO('family = %d, sin = %s', $addr->{'family'}, unpack 'H*', $addr->{'addr'});
       }
    } else {
-      DEBUG_INFO('getaddrinfo(): %s', $info[0]);
+      DEBUG_INFO('getaddrinfo(): %s', $err);
       if ((my @host = split /:/, $host) == 2) { # <hostname>:<service>
           $_[1] = sprintf '[%s]:%s', @host;
           return $this->_hostname_resolve($_[1], $nh);
@@ -156,9 +155,9 @@
 
 sub _name_pack
 {
-   return pack_sockaddr_in6_all(
-      $_[1]->{port}, $_[1]->{flowinfo} || 0,
-      $_[1]->{addr}, $_[1]->{scope_id} || 0
+   return pack_sockaddr_in6(
+      $_[1]->{port},          $_[1]->{addr},
+      $_[1]->{scope_id} || 0, $_[1]->{flowinfo} || 0
    );
 }
 
@@ -169,12 +168,12 @@
 
 sub _addr
 {
-   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($_[1]))[2];
+   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6($_[1]))[1];
 }
 
 sub _port
 {
-   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($_[1]))[0];
+   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6($_[1]))[0];
 }
 
 sub _taddress
@@ -193,12 +192,12 @@
 
 sub _scope_id
 {
-   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($_[1]))[3];
+   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6($_[1]))[2];
 }
 
 sub _flowinfo
 {
-   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6_all($_[1]))[1];
+   return (unpack_sockaddr_in6($_[1]))[3];
 }
 
 # ============================================================================