diff --git a/mcstatus/scripts/address_tools.py b/mcstatus/scripts/address_tools.py
index dd9b00b..138560f 100644
--- a/mcstatus/scripts/address_tools.py
+++ b/mcstatus/scripts/address_tools.py
@@ -1,52 +1,15 @@
 import socket
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from ipaddress import ip_address
 
 def ip_type(address):
     try:
-        socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, address)
-    except AttributeError:
-        try:
-            socket.inet_aton(address)
-        except socket.error:
-            return False
-        return 4 if address.count('.') == 3 else None
-    except socket.error:
-        try:
-          socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, address)
-          return 6
-        except socket.error:
-          return None
-    return 4
+        return ip_address(address).version
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
 
 def parse_address(address):
-    parts = address.split(":")
-    if len(parts) == 1:
-        return (address, None)
-    elif len(parts) == 2:
-        try:
-            return (parts[0], int(parts[1]))
-        except:
-            raise ValueError("Invalid address '%s'" % address)
-    elif len(parts) < 10:
-        tmp = address
-        port = None
-
-        if len(parts[0]) and len(parts[-2]) and "[" == parts[0][0] and "]" == parts[-2][-1] :
-            if not parts[-1].isdigit():
-                raise ValueError("Invalid address '%s'" % address)
-
-            port = int(parts[-1])
-            parts[0] = parts[0][1:]
-            parts[-2] = parts[-2][:-1]
-            tmp = ':'.join(parts[0:-1])
-        else:
-            tmp = tmp.replace("[", "").replace("]", "")
-
-        if not ip_type(tmp) == 6:
-            raise ValueError("Invalid address '%s'" % address)
-        else:
-            return (tmp, port)
-        parts[0] = parts[0][1:]
-        parts[-2] = parts[0][:-1]
-
-    else:
-        raise ValueError("Invalid address '%s'" % address)
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+    tmp = urlparse("//"+address)
+    if not tmp.hostname:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid address '%s'" % address)
+    return (tmp.hostname, tmp.port)
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