diff --git a/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gateway.ts b/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gateway.ts
index 9baa7c322e..98cbe70ae1 100644
--- a/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gateway.ts
+++ b/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gateway.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ const APIGatewayEventIdentity = z.object({
    *
    * See aws-powertools/powertools-lambda-python#1562 for more information.
    */
-  sourceIp: z.union([z.ipv4(), z.literal('test-invoke-source-ip')]).optional(),
+  sourceIp: z
+    .union([z.ipv4(), z.ipv6(), z.literal('test-invoke-source-ip')])
+    .optional(),
   user: z.string().nullish(),
   userAgent: z.string().nullish(),
   userArn: z.string().nullish(),
diff --git a/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gatewayv2.ts b/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gatewayv2.ts
index bff5fdfdd6..5bfb0c3a59 100644
--- a/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gatewayv2.ts
+++ b/packages/parser/src/schemas/api-gatewayv2.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const APIGatewayRequestContextV2Schema = z.object({
     method: APIGatewayHttpMethod,
     path: z.string(),
     protocol: z.string(),
-    sourceIp: z.ipv4(),
+    sourceIp: z.union([z.ipv4(), z.ipv6()]),
     userAgent: z.string(),
   }),
   requestId: z.string(),
diff --git a/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigw.test.ts b/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigw.test.ts
index 62f92aabec..4f6567348a 100644
--- a/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigw.test.ts
+++ b/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigw.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   APIGatewayRequestAuthorizerEventSchema,
   APIGatewayTokenAuthorizerEventSchema,
 } from '../../../src/schemas/index.js';
+import type { APIGatewayProxyEvent } from '../../../src/types/schema.js';
 import { getTestEvent } from '../helpers/utils.js';
 
 describe('Schema: API Gateway REST', () => {
@@ -98,6 +99,40 @@ describe('Schema: API Gateway REST', () => {
       // Assess
       expect(parsedEvent).toEqual(event);
     });
+    it('parses an event with IPv6 sourceIp', () => {
+      // Prepare
+      const event = getTestEvent<APIGatewayProxyEvent>({
+        eventsPath,
+        filename: 'no-auth',
+      });
+      // Add IPv6 address to the event
+      event.requestContext.identity.sourceIp =
+        '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334';
+
+      // Act
+      const parsedEvent = APIGatewayProxyEventSchema.parse(event);
+
+      // Assess
+      expect(parsedEvent.requestContext.identity.sourceIp).toEqual(
+        '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('parses an event with shortened IPv6 sourceIp', () => {
+      // Prepare
+      const event = getTestEvent<APIGatewayProxyEvent>({
+        eventsPath,
+        filename: 'no-auth',
+      });
+      // Add shortened IPv6 address to the event
+      event.requestContext.identity.sourceIp = '::1';
+
+      // Act
+      const parsedEvent = APIGatewayProxyEventSchema.parse(event);
+
+      // Assess
+      expect(parsedEvent.requestContext.identity.sourceIp).toEqual('::1');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('APIGatewayRequestAuthorizerEventSchema', () => {
diff --git a/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigwv2.test.ts b/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigwv2.test.ts
index a205470143..e470bbec19 100644
--- a/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigwv2.test.ts
+++ b/packages/parser/tests/unit/schema/apigwv2.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,41 @@ describe('Schema: API Gateway HTTP (v2)', () => {
       expect(parsedEvent).toEqual(event);
     });
 
+    it('parses an event with IPv6 sourceIp', () => {
+      // Prepare
+      const event = getTestEvent<APIGatewayProxyEventV2>({
+        eventsPath,
+        filename: 'no-auth',
+      });
+      // Add IPv6 address to the event
+      event.requestContext.http.sourceIp =
+        '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334';
+
+      // Act
+      const parsedEvent = APIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.parse(event);
+
+      // Assess
+      expect(parsedEvent.requestContext.http.sourceIp).toEqual(
+        '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('parses an event with shortened IPv6 sourceIp', () => {
+      // Prepare
+      const event = getTestEvent<APIGatewayProxyEventV2>({
+        eventsPath,
+        filename: 'no-auth',
+      });
+      // Add shortened IPv6 address to the event
+      event.requestContext.http.sourceIp = '::1';
+
+      // Act
+      const parsedEvent = APIGatewayProxyEventV2Schema.parse(event);
+
+      // Assess
+      expect(parsedEvent.requestContext.http.sourceIp).toEqual('::1');
+    });
+
     it('parses an event with a JWT authorizer', () => {
       // Prepare
       const event = getTestEvent({