diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74f62b4..b84659b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/nektos/act => code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.16.0
+replace github.com/nektos/act => code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2520661..1ebe8a9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.16.0 h1:PmyGkws5faSuBxisT01DC08FQd9Ia3b+0cqM8gDh6F8=
-code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.16.0/go.mod h1:YthlRq0FUQIzgfJ3ZWvCvVq3I3VsC9s2NYQ9b2Uxccs=
+code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.17.0 h1:iMxW0HUsWix3SWIzI1MbL+xVe6aEypd8UeFIVfmMKmo=
+code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.17.0/go.mod h1:YthlRq0FUQIzgfJ3ZWvCvVq3I3VsC9s2NYQ9b2Uxccs=
 code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1 h1:PMyiQtBKb8dNnpEO2R5rcZdXSis+UQZVo/SciMtR1aU=
 code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1/go.mod h1:00ys5QDo1iHN1tHNvvddAcy2W/g+425hQya1cCSvq9A=
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.3-0.20230113022436-2b1561217fa5 h1:daBEK2GQeqGikJESctP5Cu1i33z5ztAD4kyQWiw185M=
diff --git a/internal/app/cmd/exec.go b/internal/app/cmd/exec.go
index 1092fac..ffd932c 100644
--- a/internal/app/cmd/exec.go
+++ b/internal/app/cmd/exec.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type executeArgs struct {
 	image                 string
 	cacheHandler          *artifactcache.Handler
 	network               string
+	enableIPv6            bool
 	githubInstance        string
 }
 
@@ -402,12 +403,13 @@ func runExec(ctx context.Context, execArgs *executeArgs) func(cmd *cobra.Command
 			ArtifactServerPort:    execArgs.artifactServerPort,
 			ArtifactServerAddr:    execArgs.artifactServerAddr,
 			NoSkipCheckout:        execArgs.noSkipCheckout,
-			// PresetGitHubContext:   preset,
-			// EventJSON:             string(eventJSON),
-			ContainerNamePrefix:   fmt.Sprintf("FORGEJO-ACTIONS-TASK-%s", eventName),
-			ContainerMaxLifetime:  maxLifetime,
-			ContainerNetworkMode:  container.NetworkMode(execArgs.network),
-			DefaultActionInstance: execArgs.defaultActionsURL,
+			// PresetGitHubContext:        preset,
+			// EventJSON:                  string(eventJSON),
+			ContainerNamePrefix:        fmt.Sprintf("FORGEJO-ACTIONS-TASK-%s", eventName),
+			ContainerMaxLifetime:       maxLifetime,
+			ContainerNetworkMode:       container.NetworkMode(execArgs.network),
+			ContainerNetworkEnableIPv6: execArgs.enableIPv6,
+			DefaultActionInstance:      execArgs.defaultActionsURL,
 			PlatformPicker: func(_ []string) string {
 				return execArgs.image
 			},
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ func loadExecCmd(ctx context.Context) *cobra.Command {
 	execCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&execArg.dryrun, "dryrun", "n", false, "dryrun mode")
 	execCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&execArg.image, "image", "i", "node:16-bullseye", "docker image to use")
 	execCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&execArg.network, "network", "", "", "Specify the network to which the container will connect")
+	execCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&execArg.enableIPv6, "enable-ipv6", "6", false, "Create network with IPv6 enabled.")
 	execCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&execArg.githubInstance, "gitea-instance", "", "", "Gitea instance to use.")
 
 	return execCmd
diff --git a/internal/app/run/runner.go b/internal/app/run/runner.go
index 477fc93..0884c50 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/runner.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/runner.go
@@ -189,28 +189,29 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 		BindWorkdir:    false,
 		ActionCacheDir: filepath.FromSlash(r.cfg.Host.WorkdirParent),
 
-		ReuseContainers:       false,
-		ForcePull:             r.cfg.Container.ForcePull,
-		ForceRebuild:          false,
-		LogOutput:             true,
-		JSONLogger:            false,
-		Env:                   r.envs,
-		Secrets:               task.Secrets,
-		GitHubInstance:        strings.TrimSuffix(r.client.Address(), "/"),
-		AutoRemove:            true,
-		NoSkipCheckout:        true,
-		PresetGitHubContext:   preset,
-		EventJSON:             string(eventJSON),
-		ContainerNamePrefix:   fmt.Sprintf("GITEA-ACTIONS-TASK-%d", task.Id),
-		ContainerMaxLifetime:  maxLifetime,
-		ContainerNetworkMode:  container.NetworkMode(r.cfg.Container.Network),
-		ContainerOptions:      r.cfg.Container.Options,
-		ContainerDaemonSocket: r.cfg.Container.DockerHost,
-		Privileged:            r.cfg.Container.Privileged,
-		DefaultActionInstance: taskContext["gitea_default_actions_url"].GetStringValue(),
-		PlatformPicker:        r.labels.PickPlatform,
-		Vars:                  task.Vars,
-		ValidVolumes:          r.cfg.Container.ValidVolumes,
+		ReuseContainers:            false,
+		ForcePull:                  r.cfg.Container.ForcePull,
+		ForceRebuild:               false,
+		LogOutput:                  true,
+		JSONLogger:                 false,
+		Env:                        r.envs,
+		Secrets:                    task.Secrets,
+		GitHubInstance:             strings.TrimSuffix(r.client.Address(), "/"),
+		AutoRemove:                 true,
+		NoSkipCheckout:             true,
+		PresetGitHubContext:        preset,
+		EventJSON:                  string(eventJSON),
+		ContainerNamePrefix:        fmt.Sprintf("GITEA-ACTIONS-TASK-%d", task.Id),
+		ContainerMaxLifetime:       maxLifetime,
+		ContainerNetworkMode:       container.NetworkMode(r.cfg.Container.Network),
+		ContainerNetworkEnableIPv6: r.cfg.Container.EnableIPv6,
+		ContainerOptions:           r.cfg.Container.Options,
+		ContainerDaemonSocket:      r.cfg.Container.DockerHost,
+		Privileged:                 r.cfg.Container.Privileged,
+		DefaultActionInstance:      taskContext["gitea_default_actions_url"].GetStringValue(),
+		PlatformPicker:             r.labels.PickPlatform,
+		Vars:                       task.Vars,
+		ValidVolumes:               r.cfg.Container.ValidVolumes,
 	}
 
 	rr, err := runner.New(runnerConfig)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
index 5c185f2..54e49c0 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ container:
   # Could be host, bridge or the name of a custom network.
   # If it's empty, create a network automatically.
   network: ""
+  # Whether to create networks with IPv6 enabled. Requires the Docker daemon to be set up accordingly.
+  # Only takes effect if "network" is set to "".
+  enable_ipv6: false
   # Whether to use privileged mode or not when launching task containers (privileged mode is required for Docker-in-Docker).
   privileged: false
   # And other options to be used when the container is started (eg, --add-host=my.forgejo.url:host-gateway).
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.go b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
index 46fd059..f0b12fd 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type Cache struct {
 type Container struct {
 	Network       string   `yaml:"network"`        // Network specifies the network for the container.
 	NetworkMode   string   `yaml:"network_mode"`   // Deprecated: use Network instead. Could be removed after Gitea 1.20
+	EnableIPv6    bool     `yaml:"enable_ipv6"`    // EnableIPv6 indicates whether the network is created with IPv6 enabled.
 	Privileged    bool     `yaml:"privileged"`     // Privileged indicates whether the container runs in privileged mode.
 	Options       string   `yaml:"options"`        // Options specifies additional options for the container.
 	WorkdirParent string   `yaml:"workdir_parent"` // WorkdirParent specifies the parent directory for the container's working directory.