diff --git a/src/fastfield/readers.rs b/src/fastfield/readers.rs
index d951d0afa8..712edae620 100644
--- a/src/fastfield/readers.rs
+++ b/src/fastfield/readers.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl FastFieldReaders {
     /// Returns the `ip` fast field reader reader associated to `field`.
     ///
     /// If `field` is not a u128 fast field, this method returns an Error.
-    pub fn ip_addr(&self, field: Field) -> crate::Result<Arc<dyn Column<IpAddr>>> {
+    pub fn ip_addr(&self, field: Field) -> crate::Result<Arc<dyn Column<Ipv6Addr>>> {
         self.check_type(field, FastType::U128, Cardinality::SingleValue)?;
         let bytes = self.fast_field_data(field, 0)?.read_bytes()?;
         Ok(open_u128::<IpAddr>(bytes)?)
diff --git a/src/schema/document.rs b/src/schema/document.rs
index 4940c8778e..8ce9bb55d0 100644
--- a/src/schema/document.rs
+++ b/src/schema/document.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl Document {
     }
 
     /// Add a IP address field
-    pub fn add_ip_addr(&mut self, field: Field, value: IpAddr) {
+    pub fn add_ip_addr(&mut self, field: Field, value: IpAddrV6) {
         self.add_field_value(field, value);
     }