diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b60d1d9579..ed04b633ad 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 1.2.19
+ * Support connecting to ipv6 jmx with nodetool (CASSANDRA-7669)
  * Set gc_grace_seconds to seven days for system schema tables (CASSANDRA-7668)
  * SimpleSeedProvider no longer caches seeds forever (CASSANDRA-7663)
  * Set correct stream ID on responses when non-Exception Throwables
    are thrown while handling native protocol messages (CASSANDRA-7470)
  * Fix row size miscalculation in LazilyCompactedRow (CASSANDRA-7543)
 
+
 1.2.18
  * Support Thrift tables clustering columns on CqlPagingInputFormat (CASSANDRA-7445)
  * Fix compilation with java 6 broke by CASSANDRA-7147
 
+
 1.2.17
  * cqlsh: Fix CompositeType columns in DESCRIBE TABLE output (CASSANDRA-7399)
  * Expose global ColumnFamily metrics (CASSANDRA-7273)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
index d2393ca22e..60f8137301 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.utils.SimpleCondition;
  */
 public class NodeProbe
 {
-    private static final String fmtUrl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://%s:%d/jmxrmi";
+    private static final String fmtUrl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://[%s]:%d/jmxrmi";
     private static final String ssObjName = "org.apache.cassandra.db:type=StorageService";
     private static final int defaultPort = 7199;
     final String host;