diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/community.docker-66-ipv6-zones.yml b/changelogs/fragments/community.docker-66-ipv6-zones.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09970451f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/community.docker-66-ipv6-zones.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "docker_container - allow IPv6 zones (RFC 4007) in bind IPs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/66)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
index 557319c24c..30033ebf67 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ class TaskParameters(DockerBaseClass):
             elif p_len == 3:
                 # We only allow IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for the bind address
                 ipaddr = parts[0]
-                if not re.match(r'^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$', parts[0]) and not re.match(r'^\[[0-9a-fA-F:]+\]$', ipaddr):
+                if not re.match(r'^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$', parts[0]) and not re.match(r'^\[[0-9a-fA-F:]+(?:|%[^\]/]+)\]$', ipaddr):
                     self.fail(('Bind addresses for published ports must be IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, not hostnames. '
                                'Use the dig lookup to resolve hostnames. (Found hostname: {0})').format(ipaddr))
                 if re.match(r'^\[[0-9a-fA-F:]+\]$', ipaddr):
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml b/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
index 79c329143e..ae46827315 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
@@ -2914,9 +2914,22 @@ avoid such warnings, please quote the value.' in log_options_2.warnings"
     published_ports:
     - '127.0.0.1:9002:9002/tcp'
     - '[::1]:9003:9003/tcp'
+    - '[fe80::1%test]:90:90/tcp'
     force_kill: yes
   register: published_ports_5
 
+- name: published_ports (ports with IP addresses, idempotent)
+  docker_container:
+    image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+    command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+    name: "{{ cname }}"
+    state: started
+    published_ports:
+    - '127.0.0.1:9002:9002/tcp'
+    - '[::1]:9003:9003/tcp'
+    - '[fe80::1%test]:90:90/tcp'
+  register: published_ports_6
+
 - name: published_ports (no published ports)
   docker_container:
     image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
@@ -2927,7 +2940,7 @@ avoid such warnings, please quote the value.' in log_options_2.warnings"
     comparisons:
       published_ports: strict
     force_kill: yes
-  register: published_ports_6
+  register: published_ports_7
 
 - name: cleanup
   docker_container:
@@ -2943,7 +2956,8 @@ avoid such warnings, please quote the value.' in log_options_2.warnings"
     - published_ports_3 is not changed
     - published_ports_4 is changed
     - published_ports_5 is changed
-    - published_ports_6 is changed
+    - published_ports_6 is not changed
+    - published_ports_7 is changed
 
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