diff --git a/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py b/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py
index 24f1d8a8..f528d0d8 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ from ..nios.nio_tap import NIOTAP
 from ..base_node import BaseNode
 from ...utils.asyncio import monitor_process
 from ...utils.images import md5sum
-from ...utils import macaddress_to_int, int_to_macaddress
+from ...utils import macaddress_to_int, int_to_macaddress, is_ipv6_enabled
 from ...utils.hostname import is_rfc1123_hostname_valid
 
 from gns3server.schemas.compute.qemu_nodes import Qemu, QemuPlatform
@@ -1855,14 +1855,17 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
         if port:
             console_host = self._manager.port_manager.console_host
             if console_host == "0.0.0.0":
-                if socket.has_ipv6:
-                    # to fix an issue with Qemu when IPv4 is not enabled
-                    # see https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2352
-                    # FIXME: consider making this more global (not just for Qemu + SPICE)
-                    console_host = "::"
-                else:
-                    raise QemuError("IPv6 must be enabled in order to use the SPICE console")
-            return ["-spice", f"addr={console_host},port={port},disable-ticketing", "-vga", "qxl"]
+                try:
+                    if is_ipv6_enabled():
+                        # to fix an issue with Qemu when IPv4 is not enabled
+                        # see https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2352
+                        # FIXME: consider making this more global (not just for Qemu + SPICE)
+                        console_host = "::"
+                except OSError as e:
+                    raise QemuError("Could not check if IPv6 is enabled: {}".format(e))
+            return ["-spice",
+                    f"addr={console_host},port={port},disable-ticketing",
+                    "-vga", "qxl"]
         else:
             return []
 
diff --git a/gns3server/utils/__init__.py b/gns3server/utils/__init__.py
index 3d7dd67f..faae1210 100644
--- a/gns3server/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/utils/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import re
 import shlex
 import textwrap
 import posixpath
+import socket
+import errno
 
 
 def force_unix_path(path):
@@ -89,3 +91,21 @@ def parse_version(version):
             version.append("000000")
         version.append("final")
     return tuple(version)
+
+
+def is_ipv6_enabled() -> bool:
+
+    if not socket.has_ipv6:
+        return False  # the socket library has no support for IPv6
+    try:
+        with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
+            sock.bind(("::1", 0))
+        return True
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno in (errno.EADDRNOTAVAIL, errno.EAFNOSUPPORT):
+            # EADDRNOTAVAIL is the errno if IPv6 modules/drivers are loaded but disabled.
+            # EAFNOSUPPORT is the errno if IPv6 modules/drivers are not loaded at all.
+            return False
+        if e.errno == errno.EADDRINUSE:
+            return True
+        raise
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b5dd7267..156f77d0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ uvicorn==0.29.0
 fastapi==0.111.0
 python-multipart==0.0.9
 websockets==12.0
-aiohttp==3.9.3
+aiohttp>=3.9.5,<3.10
 async-timeout==4.0.3
-aiofiles==23.2.1
+aiofiles>=24.1.0,<25.0
 Jinja2>=3.1.4,<3.2
-sentry-sdk==2.1.1,<2.2
-psutil==5.9.8
+sentry-sdk==2.7.1,<2.8
+psutil==6.0.0
 distro>=1.9.0
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.29