diff --git a/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/discovery/discv5/NodeRecordConverter.java b/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/discovery/discv5/NodeRecordConverter.java
index 6889becad42..21d34ee20e8 100644
--- a/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/discovery/discv5/NodeRecordConverter.java
+++ b/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/discovery/discv5/NodeRecordConverter.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public Optional<DiscoveryPeer> convertToDiscoveryPeer(
       final NodeRecord nodeRecord, final SchemaDefinitions schemaDefinitions) {
     return nodeRecord
         .getTcpAddress()
+        .or(nodeRecord::getTcp6Address)
         .map(address -> socketAddressToDiscoveryPeer(schemaDefinitions, nodeRecord, address));
   }