diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 21c9e6ec31..238ea4a032 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 243 in spe:
 
         * systemd-networkd's bridging support gained two new options ProxyARP=
           and ProxyARPWifi= for configuring proxy ARP behaviour as well as
-          MulticastRouter= for configuring multicast routing behaviour.
+          MulticastRouter= for configuring multicast routing behaviour. A new
+          option MulticastIGMPVersion= may be used to change bridge's multicast
+          Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version.
 
         * systemd-networkd's FooOverUDP support gained the ability to configure
           local and peer IP addresses via Local= and Peer=. A new option
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index 515560f14e..0775e00bd2 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><varname>IGMPVersion=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>MulticastIGMPVersion=</varname></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Allows to change bridge's multicast Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version.
           Takes an interger 2 or 3. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/bridge.c b/src/network/netdev/bridge.c
index 71a7ac7a43..011c2c3040 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/bridge.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/bridge.c
@@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ int config_parse_bridge_igmp_version(
         r = safe_atou8(rvalue, &u);
         if (r < 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r,
-                           "Failed to parse bridge IGMP version number '%s', ignoring assignment: %m",
+                           "Failed to parse bridge's multicast IGMP version number '%s', ignoring assignment: %m",
                            rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
         if (!IN_SET(u, 2, 3)) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0,
-                           "Invalid bridge IGMP version number '%s', ignoring assignment.", rvalue);
+                           "Invalid bridge's multicast IGMP version number '%s', ignoring assignment.", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/netdev-gperf.gperf b/src/network/netdev/netdev-gperf.gperf
index b017ac8ec7..47566f63a8 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/netdev-gperf.gperf
+++ b/src/network/netdev/netdev-gperf.gperf
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Bridge.MulticastQuerier,                  config_parse_tristate,
 Bridge.MulticastSnooping,                 config_parse_tristate,                     0,                             offsetof(Bridge, mcast_snooping)
 Bridge.VLANFiltering,                     config_parse_tristate,                     0,                             offsetof(Bridge, vlan_filtering)
 Bridge.STP,                               config_parse_tristate,                     0,                             offsetof(Bridge, stp)
-Bridge.IGMPVersion,                       config_parse_uint8,                        0,                             offsetof(Bridge, igmp_version)
+Bridge.MulticastIGMPVersion,              config_parse_uint8,                        0,                             offsetof(Bridge, igmp_version)
 VRF.TableId,                              config_parse_uint32,                       0,                             offsetof(Vrf, table) /* deprecated */
 VRF.Table,                                config_parse_uint32,                       0,                             offsetof(Vrf, table)
 WireGuard.FirewallMark,                   config_parse_unsigned,                     0,                             offsetof(Wireguard, fwmark)
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/directives.netdev b/test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/directives.netdev
index 78ffcead1c..e8391dab78 100644
--- a/test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/directives.netdev
+++ b/test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/directives.netdev
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AgeingTimeSec=
 Priority=
 GroupForwardMask=
 VLANFiltering=
-IGMPVersion=
+MulticastIGMPVersion=
 [VRF]
 TableId=
 Table=
diff --git a/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev b/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev
index a52b9d02fb..f5c9351637 100644
--- a/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev
+++ b/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Priority=9
 MulticastQuerier= true
 MulticastSnooping=true
 STP=true
-IGMPVersion=3
+MulticastIGMPVersion=3