diff --git a/core/nic.go b/core/nic.go
index c81dfc7..b310542 100644
--- a/core/nic.go
+++ b/core/nic.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func withSpoofing(nicID tcpip.NICID, v bool) option.Option {
 }
 
 // withMulticastGroups adds a NIC to the given multicast groups.
-func withMulticastGroups(nicID tcpip.NICID, multicastGroups []net.IP) option.Option {
+func withMulticastGroups(nicID tcpip.NICID, multicastGroups []netip.Addr) option.Option {
 	return func(s *stack.Stack) error {
 		if len(multicastGroups) == 0 {
 			return nil
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ func withMulticastGroups(nicID tcpip.NICID, multicastGroups []net.IP) option.Opt
 			stack.AddressProperties{PEB: stack.CanBePrimaryEndpoint},
 		)
 		for _, multicastGroup := range multicastGroups {
-			if ip := multicastGroup.To4(); ip != nil {
-				if err := s.JoinGroup(ipv4.ProtocolNumber, nicID, tcpip.AddrFrom4Slice(ip)); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("join multicast group: %s", err)
-				}
-			} else {
-				ip := multicastGroup.To16()
-				if err := s.JoinGroup(ipv6.ProtocolNumber, nicID, tcpip.AddrFrom16Slice(ip)); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("join multicast group: %s", err)
-				}
+			var err tcpip.Error
+			switch {
+			case multicastGroup.Is4():
+				err = s.JoinGroup(ipv4.ProtocolNumber, nicID, tcpip.AddrFrom4(multicastGroup.As4()))
+			case multicastGroup.Is6():
+				err = s.JoinGroup(ipv6.ProtocolNumber, nicID, tcpip.AddrFrom16(multicastGroup.As16()))
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("join multicast group: %s", err)
 			}
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/core/stack.go b/core/stack.go
index 8c7eaa4..1f38883 100644
--- a/core/stack.go
+++ b/core/stack.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package core
 
 import (
-	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// MulticastGroups is used by internal stack to add
 	// nic to given groups.
-	MulticastGroups []net.IP
+	MulticastGroups []netip.Addr
 
 	// Options are supplement options to apply settings
 	// for the internal stack.
diff --git a/engine/engine.go b/engine/engine.go
index 2ad28fc..1c890e1 100644
--- a/engine/engine.go
+++ b/engine/engine.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"os/exec"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ func netstack(k *Key) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	var multicastGroups []net.IP
+	var multicastGroups []netip.Addr
 	if multicastGroups, err = parseMulticastGroups(k.MulticastGroups); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/engine/parse.go b/engine/parse.go
index c4cba68..2662e08 100644
--- a/engine/parse.go
+++ b/engine/parse.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -178,20 +179,19 @@ func parseRelay(u *url.URL) (proxy.Proxy, error) {
 	return proxy.NewRelay(address, username, password, opts.NoDelay)
 }
 
-func parseMulticastGroups(s string) (multicastGroups []net.IP, _ error) {
-	ipStrings := strings.Split(s, ",")
-	for _, ipString := range ipStrings {
-		if strings.TrimSpace(ipString) == "" {
+func parseMulticastGroups(s string) (multicastGroups []netip.Addr, _ error) {
+	for _, ip := range strings.Split(s, ",") {
+		if ip = strings.TrimSpace(ip); ip == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		ip := net.ParseIP(ipString)
-		if ip == nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid IP format: %s", ipString)
+		addr, err := netip.ParseAddr(ip)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		if !ip.IsMulticast() {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid multicast IP address: %s", ipString)
+		if !addr.IsMulticast() {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid multicast IP: %s", addr)
 		}
-		multicastGroups = append(multicastGroups, ip)
+		multicastGroups = append(multicastGroups, addr)
 	}
 	return
 }