diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7f3b3bd..24d5069 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 			"dependencies": {
 				"async": "3.2.5",
 				"gremlin": "3.7.3",
+				"ip": "2.0.1",
 				"lodash": "4.17.21"
 			},
 			"devDependencies": {
@@ -2775,6 +2776,12 @@
 				"node": ">= 0.4"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/ip": {
+			"version": "2.0.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-2.0.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-lJUL9imLTNi1ZfXT+DU6rBBdbiKGBuay9B6xGSPVjUeQwaH1RIGqef8RZkUtHioLmSNpPR5M4HVKJGm1j8FWVQ==",
+			"license": "MIT"
+		},
 		"node_modules/is-array-buffer": {
 			"version": "3.0.4",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-array-buffer/-/is-array-buffer-3.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d93738c..6ed762d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "async": "3.2.5",
         "gremlin": "3.7.3",
+        "ip": "2.0.1",
         "lodash": "4.17.21"
     },
     "lint-staged": {
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@
         "prettier": "3.2.5",
         "simple-git-hooks": "2.11.1"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/reverse_engineering/gremlinHelper.js b/reverse_engineering/gremlinHelper.js
index b23e228..d86c950 100644
--- a/reverse_engineering/gremlinHelper.js
+++ b/reverse_engineering/gremlinHelper.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const {
 	getGraphTraversalSourceScriptFromConfiguredGraphFactory,
 	checkGraphTraversalSourceScriptFromConfiguredGraphFactory,
 } = require('./helpers/gremlinScriptsHelper');
+const { escapeV6IpForURL } = require('./helpers/escapeV6IPForURL');
 
 let sshTunnel;
 let client;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ const connect = async (info, logger, sshService) => {
 
 const connectToInstance = (info, logger) => {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		const host = (info.ssh && info.escapedHostForUrl) || info.host;
+		const host = (info.ssh && info.escapedHostForUrl) || escapeV6IpForURL({ host: info.host });
 		const port = info.port;
 		const username = info.username;
 		const password = info.password;
diff --git a/reverse_engineering/helpers/escapeV6IPForURL.js b/reverse_engineering/helpers/escapeV6IPForURL.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ee75ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reverse_engineering/helpers/escapeV6IPForURL.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+const ip = require('ip');
+
+/**
+ * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address
+ * Literal IPv6 addresses in resources (URLs):
+------------------------------------------------
+ * Colon (:) characters in IPv6 addresses may conflict with the established syntax of resource identifiers,
+ * such as URIs and URLs. The colon is conventionally used to terminate the host path before a port number.[10]
+ * To alleviate this conflict, literal IPv6 addresses are enclosed in square brackets in such resource identifiers;
+ * When the URL doesn't conatoin the port the notation is http://[2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7348]/
+ * When the URL also contains a port number the notation is: https://[2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7348]:443/
+ *
+ * @param {{
+* 	host: string
+* }} param
+* @returns {string}
+*/
+function escapeV6IpForURL({ host }) {
+	/**
+	 * If the host is already URL compatible then the ip lib will return false > ip.isV6Format('[::1]') false
+	 * If the host is a proper ipv6 ip then the `new URL(host)` will fail with Uncaught TypeError: Invalid URL code: 'ERR_INVALID_URL',
+	 * !ip.isV4Format(host) check required because isV6Format returns true for ipv4 address because of backward compatibility
+	 */
+	if (ip.isV6Format(host) && !ip.isV4Format(host)) {
+		return `[${host}]`;
+	}
+
+	const isUrlValid = isValidURL(host);
+	if (isUrlValid) {
+		return host;
+	}
+
+	const urlWithIpV6HostRegExp = new RegExp(/^http(s)?:\/\/(?<unescapedIpWithPort>([a-z0-9]{0,4}:?)+)/gim);
+	const { unescapedIpWithPort } = urlWithIpV6HostRegExp.exec(host)?.groups ?? {};
+
+	if (!unescapedIpWithPort) {
+		return host;
+	}
+
+	const separatedIpPortionsAndPort = unescapedIpWithPort.split(':');
+	const ipPortions = separatedIpPortionsAndPort.slice(0, separatedIpPortionsAndPort.length - 1);
+	const port = separatedIpPortionsAndPort.at(-1);
+	const escapedIpWithPort = `[${ipPortions.join(':')}]:${port}`;
+
+	return host.replace(unescapedIpWithPort, escapedIpWithPort);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} url
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+function isValidURL(url) {
+	try {
+		new URL(url);
+
+		return true;
+	} catch {
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+	escapeV6IpForURL,
+};