diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 07c11844..2b981040 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/onmetal/controller-utils v0.8.2
-	github.com/onmetal/metalnet v0.1.0
+	github.com/onmetal/metalnet v0.1.8
 	github.com/onmetal/onmetal-api v0.1.2-0.20230925221054-61f5769766f5
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 18efc5b8..245719c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -251,12 +251,10 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9G
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
-github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f h1:y5//uYreIhSUg3J1GEMiLbxo1LJaP8RfCpH6pymGZus=
-github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f/go.mod h1:ZdcZmHo+o7JKHSa8/e818NopupXU1YMK5fe1lsApnBw=
 github.com/onmetal/controller-utils v0.8.2 h1:dMPTWivqFVIkSbHRtG9Xue+kVR+Hqu3Ag8ULDBQg5Jo=
 github.com/onmetal/controller-utils v0.8.2/go.mod h1:FNYXMHxQsZuEypdScP1ZEBK5i10XyCkNNGzhB6icglA=
-github.com/onmetal/metalnet v0.1.0 h1:KnwFz7/3IA/WzPDZOcpVPzV1Y09y1LZWxsz8tWeAfbc=
-github.com/onmetal/metalnet v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Vgl0Ux3wN6gpcA5D+I3uqiX+ApmV4eGEa1AgiyZ1SSw=
+github.com/onmetal/metalnet v0.1.8 h1:u79ym5c9gdgVbvwVMvrVuJFRGh3ICNnISRiMazX+wzk=
+github.com/onmetal/metalnet v0.1.8/go.mod h1:qmow/RHK+gtFSOFZ5IMqCr39feiWMTp5G23FtxznMpw=
 github.com/onmetal/onmetal-api v0.1.2-0.20230925221054-61f5769766f5 h1:21mj4+i7USA6Nmhu2duK2d0/F0BaJUmKPb1uhkfVPSU=
 github.com/onmetal/onmetal-api v0.1.2-0.20230925221054-61f5769766f5/go.mod h1:5eTd/SL3vtxCmLvL0EKmxkp6j+yUuHuM26rD7L5QuPQ=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1 h1:uHNEO1RP2SpuZApSkel9nEh1/Mu+hmQe7Q+Pepg5OYA=
@@ -282,8 +280,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFR
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 h1:trlNQbNUG3OdDrDil03MCb1H2o9nJ1x4/5LYw7byDE0=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 h1:jjzc5WVemNEDTLwv9tlmemhC73tI08BNOIGwBOo10Js=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5/go.mod h1:T7TcVDs9LWfQgPlPsdngu6I6QIoyIFZDDC6sNE1GqG0=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
diff --git a/metalnetlet/controllers/conversion.go b/metalnetlet/controllers/conversion.go
index ac2b0f9b..08ac6e3d 100644
--- a/metalnetlet/controllers/conversion.go
+++ b/metalnetlet/controllers/conversion.go
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ func workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6IPToIPs(metalnetVirtualIP *metalnetv1alpha1.IP) []m
 	return []metalnetv1alpha1.IP{*metalnetVirtualIP}
 }
 
+// workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6NATIPToIPs works around the missing public IPv6 support in metalnet by
+// making a slice of the single virtual IP.
+func workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6NATIPToIPs(natDetails *metalnetv1alpha1.NATDetails) []metalnetv1alpha1.IP {
+	if natDetails == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return []metalnetv1alpha1.IP{*natDetails.IP}
+}
+
 // workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6NATDetailsToNATDetailsPointer works around the missing NAT IPv6 support in metalnet by
 // returning only the IPv4 NAT details.
 func workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6NATDetailsToNATDetailsPointer(natDetails []metalnetv1alpha1.NATDetails) *metalnetv1alpha1.NATDetails {
diff --git a/metalnetlet/controllers/networkinterface_controller.go b/metalnetlet/controllers/networkinterface_controller.go
index fbeb0a75..dcd5a2e9 100644
--- a/metalnetlet/controllers/networkinterface_controller.go
+++ b/metalnetlet/controllers/networkinterface_controller.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (r *NetworkInterfaceReconciler) updateStatus(
 		nic.Status.PCIAddress = nil
 	}
 	nic.Status.PublicIPs = metalnetIPsToIPs(workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6IPToIPs(metalnetNic.Status.VirtualIP))
-	nic.Status.NATIPs = metalnetIPsToIPs(workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6IPToIPs(metalnetNic.Status.NatIP))
+	nic.Status.NATIPs = metalnetIPsToIPs(workaroundMetalnetNoIPv6NATIPToIPs(metalnetNic.Status.NatIP))
 	nic.Status.Prefixes = metalnetIPPrefixesToIPPrefixes(metalnetNic.Spec.Prefixes)
 	if err := r.Status().Patch(ctx, nic, client.MergeFrom(base)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error patching network interface status: %w", err)