diff --git a/lib/exabgp/bgp/message/update/attribute/community/extended/traffic.py b/lib/exabgp/bgp/message/update/attribute/community/extended/traffic.py
index f2e6b9d67..8014b1101 100644
--- a/lib/exabgp/bgp/message/update/attribute/community/extended/traffic.py
+++ b/lib/exabgp/bgp/message/update/attribute/community/extended/traffic.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def __init__(self, ip, asn, community=None):
             self,
             community
             if community is not None
-            else pack("!BB16sH", 0x00, 0x02, socket.inet_aton(socket.AF_INET6, ip), asn),
+            else pack("!BB16sH", 0x00, 0x02, socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, ip), asn),
         )
 
     def __str__(self):