diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 2d7a4e5f8..db135a989 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
       - name: test
         if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'valkey')
-        run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --tags -ipv6 --clients 1 --no-latency --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
+        run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --clients 1 --no-latency --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
       - name: module api test
         if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
         run: CFLAGS='-Werror' ./runtest-moduleapi --verbose --clients 1 --no-latency --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
diff --git a/tests/support/server.tcl b/tests/support/server.tcl
index cc8a9ea64..2231ab56e 100644
--- a/tests/support/server.tcl
+++ b/tests/support/server.tcl
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ proc tags_acceptable {tags err_return} {
         return 0
     }
 
+    if {$::tcl_version < 8.6 && [lsearch $tags "ipv6"] >= 0} {
+        set err "TCL version is too low and does not support this"
+        return 0
+    }
+
     return 1
 }