diff --git a/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient.go b/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient.go
index 85ec8cb8b8be..8a36a35bbf5f 100644
--- a/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient.go
+++ b/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient.go
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ import (
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/utils/net"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kubelet"
 )
 
+var kubeletNewClientProvider = kubelet.NewClientProvider
+
 type KubeletClient struct {
 	KubeIP     string
 	Port       string
@@ -26,7 +29,11 @@ func NewKubeletClient(kubeIP string, port string, logger *zap.Logger) (*KubeletC
 		KubeIP: kubeIP,
 	}
 
-	endpoint := kubeIP + ":" + port
+	endpoint := kubeIP
+	if net.IsIPv6String(kubeIP) {
+		endpoint = "[" + endpoint + "]"
+	}
+	endpoint = endpoint + ":" + port
 
 	// use service account for authentication
 	clientConfig := &kubelet.ClientConfig{
@@ -35,7 +42,7 @@ func NewKubeletClient(kubeIP string, port string, logger *zap.Logger) (*KubeletC
 		},
 	}
 
-	clientProvider, err := kubelet.NewClientProvider(endpoint, clientConfig, logger)
+	clientProvider, err := kubeletNewClientProvider(endpoint, clientConfig, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient_test.go b/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ec0b691f173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/internal/stores/kubeletutil/kubeletclient_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package kubeletutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	kube "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kubelet"
+)
+
+type mockClientProvider struct {
+	endpoint string
+	cfg      *kube.ClientConfig
+}
+
+func (cp *mockClientProvider) BuildClient() (kube.Client, error) {
+	return &fakeClient{
+		endpoint: cp.endpoint,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type fakeClient struct {
+	endpoint string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeClient) Get(path string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(path), nil
+}
+
+func TestNewKubeletClient(t *testing.T) {
+	kubeletNewClientProvider = func(endpoint string, cfg *kube.ClientConfig, logger *zap.Logger) (kube.ClientProvider, error) {
+		return &mockClientProvider{
+			endpoint: endpoint,
+			cfg:      cfg,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		kubeIP       string
+		port         string
+		wantEndpoint string
+	}{
+		{
+			kubeIP:       "0.0.0.0",
+			port:         "8000",
+			wantEndpoint: "0.0.0.0:8000",
+		},
+		{
+			kubeIP:       "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888",
+			port:         "8000",
+			wantEndpoint: "[2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888]:8000",
+		},
+		{
+			kubeIP:       "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4",
+			port:         "8000",
+			wantEndpoint: "[2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4]:8000",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		client, err := NewKubeletClient(tt.kubeIP, tt.port, zap.NewNop())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, client.KubeIP, tt.kubeIP)
+		fc := (client.restClient).(*fakeClient)
+		assert.NotNil(t, fc)
+		assert.Equal(t, fc.endpoint, tt.wantEndpoint)
+	}
+}