diff --git a/src/PVE/Tools.pm b/src/PVE/Tools.pm
index d5a3866..3f3958e 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Tools.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Tools.pm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ my $pvetaskdir = "$pvelogdir/tasks";
 mkdir $pvelogdir;
 mkdir $pvetaskdir;
 
-my $IPV4OCTET = "(?:25[0-5]|(?:[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-4])?[0-9])";
+my $IPV4OCTET = "(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1[0-9]|[1-9])?[0-9])";
 our $IPV4RE = "(?:(?:$IPV4OCTET\\.){3}$IPV4OCTET)";
 my $IPV6H16 = "(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4})";
 my $IPV6LS32 = "(?:(?:$IPV4RE|$IPV6H16:$IPV6H16))";