diff --git a/deno/lib/__tests__/string.test.ts b/deno/lib/__tests__/string.test.ts
index 3f5b95562..aa73e52d8 100644
--- a/deno/lib/__tests__/string.test.ts
+++ b/deno/lib/__tests__/string.test.ts
@@ -745,6 +745,9 @@ test("IP validation", () => {
     "114.71.82.94",
     "0.0.0.0",
     "37.85.236.115",
+    "2001:4888:50:ff00:500:d::",
+    "2001:4888:50:ff00:0500:000d:000:0000",
+    "2001:4888:50:ff00:0500:000d:0000:0000",
   ];
 
   const invalidIPs = [
diff --git a/deno/lib/types.ts b/deno/lib/types.ts
index 9a6311289..57502f3fd 100644
--- a/deno/lib/types.ts
+++ b/deno/lib/types.ts
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ const ipv4Regex =
   /^(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])$/;
 
 const ipv6Regex =
-  /^(([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){7}|::([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,6}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){1}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,5}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){2}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,4}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){3}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,3}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){4}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,2}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){5}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,1})([a-f0-9]{1,4}|(((25[0-5])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(1[0-9]{2})|([0-9]{1,2}))\.){3}((25[0-5])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(1[0-9]{2})|([0-9]{1,2})))$/;
+  /^(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))$/;
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7860392/determine-if-string-is-in-base64-using-javascript
 const base64Regex =
diff --git a/src/__tests__/string.test.ts b/src/__tests__/string.test.ts
index db01a64eb..8cced8795 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/string.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/string.test.ts
@@ -744,6 +744,9 @@ test("IP validation", () => {
     "114.71.82.94",
     "0.0.0.0",
     "37.85.236.115",
+    "2001:4888:50:ff00:500:d::",
+    "2001:4888:50:ff00:0500:000d:000:0000",
+    "2001:4888:50:ff00:0500:000d:0000:0000",
   ];
 
   const invalidIPs = [
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index f89acb5e0..966381719 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ const ipv4Regex =
   /^(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])$/;
 
 const ipv6Regex =
-  /^(([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){7}|::([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,6}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){1}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,5}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){2}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,4}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){3}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,3}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){4}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,2}|([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){5}:([a-f0-9]{1,4}:){0,1})([a-f0-9]{1,4}|(((25[0-5])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(1[0-9]{2})|([0-9]{1,2}))\.){3}((25[0-5])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(1[0-9]{2})|([0-9]{1,2})))$/;
+  /^(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))$/;
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7860392/determine-if-string-is-in-base64-using-javascript
 const base64Regex =