diff --git a/src/typesense/configuration.py b/src/typesense/configuration.py
index 34df662..0d2b0ab 100644
--- a/src/typesense/configuration.py
+++ b/src/typesense/configuration.py
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ def url(self) -> str:
         Returns:
             str: The URL of the node
         """
-        return f"{self.protocol}://{self.host}:{self.port}{self.path}"
+        host = str(self.host)
+        if ":" in host and not host.startswith("["):
+            # IPv6 literals must be enclosed in brackets in a URL.
+            host = f"[{host}]"
+        return f"{self.protocol}://{host}:{self.port}{self.path}"
 
 
 class Configuration:
diff --git a/tests/api_call_test.py b/tests/api_call_test.py
index d4684d2..2a6a12c 100644
--- a/tests/api_call_test.py
+++ b/tests/api_call_test.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from typesense import exceptions
 from typesense.sync.api_call import ApiCall, RequestHandler
 from typesense.async_.api_call import AsyncApiCall
-from typesense.configuration import Configuration, Node
+from typesense.configuration import Configuration, Node, NodeConfigDict
 from typesense.logger import logger
 
 
@@ -390,6 +390,23 @@ def test_delete_as_json(
         assert response == {"key": "value"}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "node",
+    ["http://[::1]:8108", {"host": "::1", "port": 8108, "protocol": "http"}],
+)
+def test_request_to_ipv6_node(node: typing.Union[str, NodeConfigDict]) -> None:
+    """Test that a request to an IPv6 node is sent to the bracketed host."""
+    api_call = ApiCall(Configuration({"api_key": "xyz", "nodes": [node]}))
+    with respx.mock:
+        route = respx.get("http://[::1]:8108/test").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"key": "value"}),
+        )
+
+        response = api_call.get("/test", entity_type=typing.Dict[str, str])
+        assert response == {"key": "value"}
+        assert route.called
+
+
 def test_raise_custom_exception_with_header(
     fake_api_call: ApiCall,
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/node_test.py b/tests/node_test.py
index 23ab20d..74727ab 100644
--- a/tests/node_test.py
+++ b/tests/node_test.py
@@ -63,3 +63,21 @@ def test_node_url() -> None:
     """Test the URL method of the Node class."""
     node = Node(host="localhost", port=8108, path="/path", protocol="http")
     assert node.url() == "http://localhost:8108/path"
+
+
+def test_node_url_ipv6_host() -> None:
+    """Test that the URL method encloses an IPv6 host in brackets."""
+    node = Node(host="::1", port=8108, path="/path", protocol="http")
+    assert node.url() == "http://[::1]:8108/path"
+
+
+def test_node_url_bracketed_ipv6_host() -> None:
+    """Test that the URL method keeps an already bracketed IPv6 host as is."""
+    node = Node(host="[::1]", port=8108, path="/path", protocol="http")
+    assert node.url() == "http://[::1]:8108/path"
+
+
+def test_node_from_url_ipv6() -> None:
+    """Test that a node built from an IPv6 URL generates the same URL."""
+    node = Node.from_url("http://[::1]:8108/path")
+    assert node.url() == "http://[::1]:8108/path"