diff --git a/cmd/network.go b/cmd/network.go
index 78e92ec4..17a0c1d4 100644
--- a/cmd/network.go
+++ b/cmd/network.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"slices"
 
@@ -104,10 +103,15 @@ func newNetworkCmd(c *config) *cobra.Command {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				af := viper.GetString("addressfamily")
-				length := viper.GetInt64("length")
-				if strings.ToLower(af) == "ipv6" && !viper.IsSet("length") {
-					length = 64
+				var (
+					af     *string
+					length *int64
+				)
+				if viper.IsSet("length") {
+					length = pointer.Pointer(viper.GetInt64("length"))
+				}
+				if viper.IsSet("addressfamily") {
+					af = pointer.Pointer(viper.GetString("addressfamily"))
 				}
 
 				return w.childCLI.CreateAndPrint(&models.V1NetworkAllocateRequest{
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 10784180..2307e6a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/strfmt v0.23.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/metal-stack/metal-go v0.32.2-0.20240704124903-f041691ac142
+	github.com/metal-stack/metal-go v0.32.2-0.20240708113740-de4ff9d667c2
 	github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib v0.17.0
-	github.com/metal-stack/updater v1.2.1
+	github.com/metal-stack/updater v1.2.2
 	github.com/metal-stack/v v1.0.3
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.6-0.20230925090304-df64c4bbad77
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7bbe721a..3d143795 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ github.com/mdlayher/sdnotify v1.0.0 h1:Ma9XeLVN/l0qpyx1tNeMSeTjCPH6NtuD6/N9XdTlQ
 github.com/mdlayher/sdnotify v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HQUmpM4XgYkhDLtd+Uad8ZFK1T9D5+pNxnXQjCeJlGE=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 h1:VZaqt6RkGkt2OE9l3GcC6nZkqD3xKeQLyfleW/uBcos=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1/go.mod h1:TjPLHI1UgwEv5J1B5q0zTZq12A/6H7nKmtTanQE37IQ=
-github.com/metal-stack/metal-go v0.32.2-0.20240704124903-f041691ac142 h1:dLlmlLArovenE5Dw+24mScawh8zuFy7t6B6gzfP61zk=
-github.com/metal-stack/metal-go v0.32.2-0.20240704124903-f041691ac142/go.mod h1:3MJTYCS4YJz8D8oteTKhjpaAKNMMjMKYDrIy9awHGtQ=
+github.com/metal-stack/metal-go v0.32.2-0.20240708113740-de4ff9d667c2 h1:EHp1tyIFj6L+VWjq1o87VR7D5Gsj1pH9fgw1ihEu+pA=
+github.com/metal-stack/metal-go v0.32.2-0.20240708113740-de4ff9d667c2/go.mod h1:3MJTYCS4YJz8D8oteTKhjpaAKNMMjMKYDrIy9awHGtQ=
 github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib v0.17.0 h1:0fCRUtYweJ5wbUwiEalFGiHkEz0mZwTWQUIIo3Npzkw=
 github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib v0.17.0/go.mod h1:nyNGI4DZFOcWbSoq2Y6V3SHpFxuXBIqYBZHTb6cy//s=
 github.com/metal-stack/security v0.8.0 h1:tVaSDB9m5clwYrnLyaXfPy7mQlJTnmeoHscG+RUy/xo=
 github.com/metal-stack/security v0.8.0/go.mod h1:7GAcQb+pOgflW30ohJygxpqc3i0dQ2ahGJK1CU5tqa0=
-github.com/metal-stack/updater v1.2.1 h1:8wWpzx+VHw8Pv6IJ+IUEqMr7g06TrrADvcWAFMZl/ZE=
-github.com/metal-stack/updater v1.2.1/go.mod h1:4q5BD0ieAeCbGIl+Udjbsu8D86jgOhXsHzmyeg7PtM0=
+github.com/metal-stack/updater v1.2.2 h1:gnUrnQgfT20QFMDtFBY89opKoBAkdeI/8T2iwMHNdxs=
+github.com/metal-stack/updater v1.2.2/go.mod h1:JMFgqDgzbRaoZGYArqbI/L3zoAlipaGJKOvdGFu/kNY=
 github.com/metal-stack/v v1.0.3 h1:Sh2oBlnxrCUD+mVpzfC8HiqL045YWkxs0gpTvkjppqs=
 github.com/metal-stack/v v1.0.3/go.mod h1:YTahEu7/ishwpYKnp/VaW/7nf8+PInogkfGwLcGPdXg=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.58 h1:ca2Hdkz+cDg/7eNF6V56jjzuZ4aCAE+DbVkILdQWG/4=
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220817070843-5a390386f1f2/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.4.1-0.20230131160137-e7d7f63158de/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 h1:rF+pYz3DAGSQAxAu1CbC7catZg4ebC4UIeIhKxBZvws=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 h1:WVXCp+/EBEHOj53Rvu+7KiT/iElMrO8ACK16SMZ3jaA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ooXLefLobQVslOqselCNF4SxFAaoS6KujMbsGzSDmX0=