diff --git a/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index e8534b63c..2991eef6d 100644
--- a/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   config.vm.hostname = 'devstack'
 
   config.vm.provider 'virtualbox' do |v, override|
-    override.vm.box = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_BOX', 'bento/ubuntu-16.04')
+    override.vm.box = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_BOX', 'generic/ubuntu1804')
     v.memory        = VM_MEMORY
     v.cpus          = VM_CPUS
     v.customize "post-boot", ['controlvm', :id, 'setlinkstate1', 'on']
   end
 
   config.vm.provider 'parallels' do |v, override|
-    override.vm.box = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_BOX', 'bento/ubuntu-16.04')
+    override.vm.box = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_BOX', 'generic/ubuntu1804')
     v.memory        = VM_MEMORY
     v.cpus          = VM_CPUS
     v.customize ['set', :id, '--nested-virt', 'on']
   end
 
   config.vm.provider 'libvirt' do |v, override|
-    override.vm.box = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_BOX', 'yk0/ubuntu-xenial')
+    override.vm.box = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_BOX', 'generic/ubuntu1804')
     v.memory        = VM_MEMORY
     v.cpus          = VM_CPUS
     v.nested        = true
diff --git a/contrib/vagrant/vagrant.sh b/contrib/vagrant/vagrant.sh
index 55790644e..7771794b1 100755
--- a/contrib/vagrant/vagrant.sh
+++ b/contrib/vagrant/vagrant.sh
@@ -17,5 +17,9 @@ export HOST_IP=127.0.0.1
 # run script
 bash /vagrant/devstack.sh "$1"
 
+# Enable IPv6
+sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
+sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
+
 #set environment variables for kuryr
 su "$OS_USER" -c "echo 'source /vagrant/config/kuryr_rc' >> ~/.bash_profile"