diff --git a/homeassistant/components/shelly/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/shelly/config_flow.py
index cb3bca6aa47..c80d1e84d6f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/shelly/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/shelly/config_flow.py
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ class ShellyConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
         self, discovery_info: ZeroconfServiceInfo
     ) -> ConfigFlowResult:
         """Handle zeroconf discovery."""
+        if discovery_info.ip_address.version == 6:
+            return self.async_abort(reason="ipv6_not_supported")
         host = discovery_info.host
         # First try to get the mac address from the name
         # so we can avoid making another connection to the
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/shelly/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/shelly/strings.json
index 8ae4ff1f3e4..f76319eb08c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/shelly/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/shelly/strings.json
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
       "reauth_successful": "[%key:common::config_flow::abort::reauth_successful%]",
       "reauth_unsuccessful": "Re-authentication was unsuccessful, please remove the integration and set it up again.",
       "reconfigure_successful": "[%key:common::config_flow::abort::reconfigure_successful%]",
-      "another_device": "Re-configuration was unsuccessful, the IP address/hostname of another Shelly device was used."
+      "another_device": "Re-configuration was unsuccessful, the IP address/hostname of another Shelly device was used.",
+      "ipv6_not_supported": "IPv6 is not supported."
     }
   },
   "device_automation": {
diff --git a/tests/components/shelly/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/shelly/test_config_flow.py
index a3040fc2eb8..0c574a33e0c 100644
--- a/tests/components/shelly/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/shelly/test_config_flow.py
@@ -1305,3 +1305,22 @@ async def test_reconfigure_with_exception(
         )
 
     assert result["errors"] == {"base": base_error}
+
+
+async def test_zeroconf_rejects_ipv6(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """Test zeroconf discovery rejects ipv6."""
+    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
+        DOMAIN,
+        context={"source": config_entries.SOURCE_ZEROCONF},
+        data=zeroconf.ZeroconfServiceInfo(
+            ip_address=ip_address("fd00::b27c:63bb:cc85:4ea0"),
+            ip_addresses=[ip_address("fd00::b27c:63bb:cc85:4ea0")],
+            hostname="mock_hostname",
+            name="shelly1pm-12345",
+            port=None,
+            properties={zeroconf.ATTR_PROPERTIES_ID: "shelly1pm-12345"},
+            type="mock_type",
+        ),
+    )
+    assert result["type"] is FlowResultType.ABORT
+    assert result["reason"] == "ipv6_not_supported"