diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
index 08e0650d..45d05c25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GH_TOKEN }}
 
       - id: version
-        uses: ArchiveBox/monorepo/.github/actions/prepare-release-version@88995501da28f05fdac2df2fab235cd79cd92a3f
+        uses: ArchiveBox/monorepo/.github/actions/prepare-release-version@main
         with:
           package: archivebox
           branch: dev
diff --git a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_server.py b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_server.py
index 69850872..8fa01ba7 100644
--- a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_server.py
+++ b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_server.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 import rich_click as click
 from rich import print
+from rich.style import Style
+from rich.text import Text
 
 from archivebox.config import CONSTANTS
 from archivebox.misc.util import docstring, enforce_types
@@ -342,12 +344,15 @@ def server(
         print("[green][+] Starting ArchiveBox webserver in DEBUG mode...[/green]")
     else:
         print("[green][+] Starting ArchiveBox webserver...[/green]")
-    print(
-        f"    [blink][green]>[/green][/blink] Starting ArchiveBox webserver on [dim]BIND_ADDR[/dim] [deep_sky_blue4][link=http://{host}:{port}]http://{host}:{port}[/link][/deep_sky_blue4]",
-    )
-    print(
-        f"    [green]>[/green] Log in to ArchiveBox Admin UI on [dim]BASE_URL [/dim] [deep_sky_blue3][link={admin_url}]{admin_url}[/link][/deep_sky_blue3]",
+    bind_url = f"http://{host}:{port}"
+    bind_message = Text.from_markup(
+        "    [blink][green]>[/green][/blink] Starting ArchiveBox webserver on [dim]BIND_ADDR[/dim] ",
     )
+    bind_message.append(bind_url, style=Style(color="deep_sky_blue4", link=bind_url))
+    print(bind_message)
+    admin_message = Text.from_markup("    [green]>[/green] Log in to ArchiveBox Admin UI on [dim]BASE_URL [/dim] ")
+    admin_message.append(admin_url, style=Style(color="deep_sky_blue3", link=admin_url))
+    print(admin_message)
     print("    > Writing ArchiveBox error log to ./logs/errors.log")
     print()
 
@@ -355,7 +360,6 @@ def server(
     # security-mode + base-url warnings see the effective values.
     runtime_config = get_config()
     _print_server_startup_warnings(runtime_config, host, port)
-    bind_url = f"http://{host}:{port}"
     command = current_command(Process.TypeChoices.SERVER, data_dir=CONSTANTS.DATA_DIR, url=bind_url)
 
     def still_owns_runtime_stack() -> bool:
diff --git a/archivebox/tests/test_cli_server.py b/archivebox/tests/test_cli_server.py
index 1eee61e6..c8b97ee3 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/test_cli_server.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/test_cli_server.py
@@ -234,6 +234,29 @@ def test_server_help_lists_runtime_options(initialized_archive):
     assert "--reload" in result.stdout
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(120)
+def test_server_starts_with_legacy_ipv6_listen_host(initialized_archive):
+    """IPv6 brackets in a legacy LISTEN_HOST must not break the startup banner."""
+
+    port = get_free_port()
+    env = cli_env(live=True, BASE_URL="", LISTEN_HOST=f"[::]:{port}")
+    server = None
+    try:
+        server = start_archivebox_server(
+            initialized_archive,
+            port=port,
+            log_name="server-legacy-ipv6-listen-host.log",
+            env=env,
+        )
+        log_text = server.log_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+        assert f"http://[::]:{port}/admin/" in log_text
+        assert "MarkupError" not in log_text
+    finally:
+        if server is not None:
+            stop_archivebox_process(server, signal.SIGTERM)
+        kill_processes_for_data_dir(initialized_archive)
+
+
 def test_runner_worker_uses_active_archivebox_module():
     from archivebox.workers.supervisord_util import RUNNER_WORKER, archivebox_cmd