diff --git a/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/statsd_logger.py b/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/statsd_logger.py
index 3500a04dc7be3..b5f3977724126 100644
--- a/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/statsd_logger.py
+++ b/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/statsd_logger.py
@@ -170,7 +170,12 @@ def get_statsd_logger(
     statsd_influxdb_enabled: bool = False,
 ) -> SafeStatsdLogger:
     """Return logger for StatsD."""
-    statsd = stats_class(host, port, prefix, ipv6)
+    statsd = stats_class(
+        host=host,
+        port=port,
+        prefix=prefix,
+        ipv6=ipv6,
+    )
 
     metric_tags_validator = PatternBlockListValidator(statsd_disabled_tags)
     validator = get_validator(metrics_allow_list, metrics_block_list)
diff --git a/shared/observability/tests/observability/metrics/test_stats.py b/shared/observability/tests/observability/metrics/test_stats.py
index 4121ffe9eee85..04f2731248a35 100644
--- a/shared/observability/tests/observability/metrics/test_stats.py
+++ b/shared/observability/tests/observability/metrics/test_stats.py
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ def get_statsd_logger_factory(
     )
 
 
+class TestGetStatsdLogger:
+    @mock.patch("statsd.StatsClient")
+    def test_passes_ipv6_as_keyword(self, mock_stats_client):
+        statsd_logger.get_statsd_logger(stats_class=mock_stats_client, ipv6=True)
+        assert mock_stats_client.call_args.kwargs["ipv6"] is True
+
+
 class TestStats:
     def setup_method(self):
         self.statsd_client = Mock(spec=statsd.StatsClient)