diff --git a/metadeploy/multitenancy/iprestrict_middleware.py b/metadeploy/multitenancy/iprestrict_middleware.py
index 40d1e83c5..7fbc15685 100644
--- a/metadeploy/multitenancy/iprestrict_middleware.py
+++ b/metadeploy/multitenancy/iprestrict_middleware.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from . import current_site_id
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
+from ipaddress import ip_network, ip_address
 
 ADMIN_URL = f"/{settings.ADMIN_URL}/".replace("//", "/")
 
@@ -23,10 +24,21 @@ def __call__(self, request):
         )
         should_filter = not is_admin_url and has_ip_allowlist
 
-        if should_filter and client_ip not in profile.allowed_ip_addresses:
+        if should_filter and not self.validate_ip(client_ip, profile.allowed_ip_addresses):
             return HttpResponseForbidden(
                 "You don't have permission to access this resource."
             )
 
         response = self.get_response(request)
         return response
+
+    def validate_ip(self, target_ip, allowed_ips):
+        try:
+            target_ip_obj = ip_address(target_ip)
+            for allowed_ip in allowed_ips:
+                allowed_ip_obj = ip_network(allowed_ip, strict=False)
+                if target_ip_obj in allowed_ip_obj:
+                    return True
+            return False
+        except ValueError:
+            return False
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diff --git a/metadeploy/multitenancy/tests/test_iprestrict_middleware.py b/metadeploy/multitenancy/tests/test_iprestrict_middleware.py
index fb8687f63..573b41256 100644
--- a/metadeploy/multitenancy/tests/test_iprestrict_middleware.py
+++ b/metadeploy/multitenancy/tests/test_iprestrict_middleware.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from metadeploy.api.models import SiteProfile
 from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase
 from unittest.mock import patch
+import json
 
 
 class IPRestrictionMiddlewaretest(TestCase):
@@ -14,11 +15,32 @@ def test_ip_restrict_middleware_with_matching_allowed_client_ip(self, mock_site_
         request = self.factory.get('/test')
         request.META["REMOTE_ADDR"] = "127.0.0.1"
 
+        allowed_ips = '["127.0.0.2","127.0.0.1"]'
+        allowed_ip_list = json.loads(allowed_ips)
+
         site = Site.objects.create(name="Test")
         mock_site_profile = SiteProfile()
         mock_site_profile.site = site
         mock_site_profile.name = site.name
-        mock_site_profile.allowed_ip_addresses = '["127.0.0.1"]'
+        mock_site_profile.allowed_ip_addresses = allowed_ip_list
+        mock_site_profile_get.return_value = mock_site_profile
+
+        response = IPRestrictMiddleware(lambda x: x)(request)
+        assert response == request
+
+    @patch('metadeploy.multitenancy.iprestrict_middleware.IPRestrictMiddleware.getSiteProfile')
+    def test_ip_restrict_middleware_with_matching_allowed_client_ip_cidr_format(self, mock_site_profile_get):
+        request = self.factory.get('/test')
+        request.META["REMOTE_ADDR"] = "127.0.0.1"
+
+        allowed_ips = '["127.0.0.3","127.0.0.2/30"]'
+        allowed_ip_list = json.loads(allowed_ips)
+
+        site = Site.objects.create(name="Test")
+        mock_site_profile = SiteProfile()
+        mock_site_profile.site = site
+        mock_site_profile.name = site.name
+        mock_site_profile.allowed_ip_addresses = allowed_ip_list
         mock_site_profile_get.return_value = mock_site_profile
 
         response = IPRestrictMiddleware(lambda x: x)(request)