diff --git a/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/DeploymentResource.md b/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/DeploymentResource.md
index 1e05de4aa..b6f3fb9bb 100644
--- a/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/DeploymentResource.md
+++ b/docs/Manual/Deployment/Kubernetes/DeploymentResource.md
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ servers.
 When not specified, no monitoring token is used.
 The default value is empty.
 
-### `spec.disableIPV6: bool`
+### `spec.disableIPv6: bool`
 
 This setting prevents the use of IPv6 addresses by ArangoDB servers.
 The default is `false`. 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec.go
index 5c51a4728..3a55163b4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type DeploymentSpec struct {
 	Image           *string         `json:"image,omitempty"`
 	ImagePullPolicy *v1.PullPolicy  `json:"imagePullPolicy,omitempty"`
 	DowntimeAllowed *bool           `json:"downtimeAllowed,omitempty"`
-	DisableIPV6     *bool           `json:"disableIPV6,omitempty"`
+	DisableIPv6     *bool           `json:"disableIPv6,omitempty"`
 
 	ExternalAccess ExternalAccessSpec `json:"externalAccess"`
 	RocksDB        RocksDBSpec        `json:"rocksdb"`
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ func (s DeploymentSpec) IsDowntimeAllowed() bool {
 	return util.BoolOrDefault(s.DowntimeAllowed)
 }
 
-// IsDisableIPV6 returns the value of disableIPV6.
-func (s DeploymentSpec) IsDisableIPV6() bool {
-	return util.BoolOrDefault(s.DisableIPV6)
+// IsDisableIPv6 returns the value of disableIPv6.
+func (s DeploymentSpec) IsDisableIPv6() bool {
+	return util.BoolOrDefault(s.DisableIPv6)
 }
 
-// GetListenAddr returns "[::]" or "0.0.0.0" depending on IsDisableIPV6
+// GetListenAddr returns "[::]" or "0.0.0.0" depending on IsDisableIPv6
 func (s DeploymentSpec) GetListenAddr() string {
-	if s.IsDisableIPV6() {
+	if s.IsDisableIPv6() {
 		return "0.0.0.0"
 	}
 	return "[::]"
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ func (s *DeploymentSpec) SetDefaultsFrom(source DeploymentSpec) {
 	if s.DowntimeAllowed == nil {
 		s.DowntimeAllowed = util.NewBoolOrNil(source.DowntimeAllowed)
 	}
-	if s.DisableIPV6 == nil {
-		s.DisableIPV6 = util.NewBoolOrNil(source.DisableIPV6)
+	if s.DisableIPv6 == nil {
+		s.DisableIPv6 = util.NewBoolOrNil(source.DisableIPv6)
 	}
 	s.ExternalAccess.SetDefaultsFrom(source.ExternalAccess)
 	s.RocksDB.SetDefaultsFrom(source.RocksDB)
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ func (s DeploymentSpec) ResetImmutableFields(target *DeploymentSpec) []string {
 		target.StorageEngine = NewStorageEngineOrNil(s.StorageEngine)
 		resetFields = append(resetFields, "storageEngine")
 	}
-	if s.IsDisableIPV6() != target.IsDisableIPV6() {
-		target.DisableIPV6 = util.NewBoolOrNil(s.DisableIPV6)
-		resetFields = append(resetFields, "disableIPV6")
+	if s.IsDisableIPv6() != target.IsDisableIPv6() {
+		target.DisableIPv6 = util.NewBoolOrNil(s.DisableIPv6)
+		resetFields = append(resetFields, "disableIPv6")
 	}
 	if l := s.ExternalAccess.ResetImmutableFields("externalAccess", &target.ExternalAccess); l != nil {
 		resetFields = append(resetFields, l...)
diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec_test.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec_test.go
index 4bd447905..a30ee351f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/deployment_spec_test.go
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ func TestDeploymentSpecResetImmutableFields(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"mode", "agents.count"},
 		},
 		{
-			DeploymentSpec{DisableIPV6: util.NewBool(false)},
-			DeploymentSpec{DisableIPV6: util.NewBool(true)},
-			DeploymentSpec{DisableIPV6: util.NewBool(false)},
+			DeploymentSpec{DisableIPv6: util.NewBool(false)},
+			DeploymentSpec{DisableIPv6: util.NewBool(true)},
+			DeploymentSpec{DisableIPv6: util.NewBool(false)},
 			false,
-			[]string{"disableIPV6"},
+			[]string{"disableIPv6"},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 37e37b3a4..2886d19ff 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ func (in *DeploymentSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *DeploymentSpec) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
-	if in.DisableIPV6 != nil {
-		in, out := &in.DisableIPV6, &out.DisableIPV6
+	if in.DisableIPv6 != nil {
+		in, out := &in.DisableIPv6, &out.DisableIPv6
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/kube_run_tests.sh b/scripts/kube_run_tests.sh
index 9df7dec27..0d9597c40 100755
--- a/scripts/kube_run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/kube_run_tests.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ kubectl --namespace ${DEPLOYMENTNAMESPACE} \
     --env="ARANGODIMAGE=${ARANGODIMAGE}" \
     --env="TEST_NAMESPACE=${DEPLOYMENTNAMESPACE}" \
     --env="CLEANDEPLOYMENTS=${CLEANDEPLOYMENTS}" \
+    --env="TESTDISABLEIPV6=${TESTDISABLEIPV6}" \
     -- \
     -test.v -test.timeout $TESTTIMEOUT $TESTLENGTHOPTIONS $TESTOPTIONS
diff --git a/tests/test_util.go b/tests/test_util.go
index 0a4276e78..7d593ecc7 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.go
+++ b/tests/test_util.go
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ import (
 
 	api "github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/deployment/v1alpha"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned"
+	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/arangod"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/retry"
-	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ func newDeployment(name string) *api.ArangoDeployment {
 		depl.Spec.Image = util.NewString(image)
 	}
 
+	disableIPv6 := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("TESTDISABLEIPV6"))
+	if disableIPv6 != "" && disableIPv6 != "0" {
+		depl.Spec.DisableIPv6 = util.NewBool(true)
+	}
+
 	return depl
 }