diff --git a/cmd/gluetun/main.go b/cmd/gluetun/main.go
index 7dc27687..c736bb48 100644
--- a/cmd/gluetun/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gluetun/main.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func _main(ctx context.Context, buildInfo models.BuildInformation,
 		}
 		err = netLinker.FlushConntrack()
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("flushing conntrack: %w", err)
+			logger.Warnf("flushing conntrack failed: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4475703e..fba262d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.1
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6
 	github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.3.2
+	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4
 	github.com/qdm12/dns/v2 v2.0.0-rc9.0.20260216151239-36b3306f2205
 	github.com/qdm12/gosettings v0.4.4
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/qdm12/log v0.1.0
 	github.com/qdm12/ss-server v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	github.com/ti-mo/netfilter v0.5.3
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.15
 	github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20201027041543-1326539a0a0a
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c
@@ -43,7 +45,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
@@ -55,8 +56,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/qdm12/goservices v0.1.1-0.20251104135713-6bee97bd4978 // indirect
 	github.com/riobard/go-bloom v0.0.0-20200614022211-cdc8013cb5b3 // indirect
-	github.com/ti-mo/conntrack v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ti-mo/netfilter v0.5.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 041ff809..d5baf78d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
-github.com/ti-mo/conntrack v0.6.0 h1:laiW2+dzKyS2u0aVr6FeRQs+v7cj4t7q+twolL/ZkjQ=
-github.com/ti-mo/conntrack v0.6.0/go.mod h1:4HZrFQQLOSuBzgQNid3H/wYyyp1kfGXUYxueXjIGibo=
 github.com/ti-mo/netfilter v0.5.3 h1:ikzduvnaUMwre5bhbNwWOd6bjqLMVb33vv0XXbK0xGQ=
 github.com/ti-mo/netfilter v0.5.3/go.mod h1:08SyBCg6hu1qyQk4s3DjjJKNrm3RTb32nm6AzyT972E=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.15 h1:9DNdB5s+SgV3bQ2ApL10xRc35ck0DuIX/isZvIk+ubY=
diff --git a/internal/netlink/conntrack_linux.go b/internal/netlink/conntrack_linux.go
index 53b97670..9ece2722 100644
--- a/internal/netlink/conntrack_linux.go
+++ b/internal/netlink/conntrack_linux.go
@@ -3,15 +3,36 @@ package netlink
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/ti-mo/conntrack"
+	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink"
+	"github.com/ti-mo/netfilter"
 )
 
 func (n *NetLink) FlushConntrack() error {
-	conn, err := conntrack.Dial(nil)
+	conn, err := netfilter.Dial(nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("dialing conntrack: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("dialing netfilter: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
-	return conn.Flush()
+	families := [...]netfilter.ProtoFamily{netfilter.ProtoIPv4, netfilter.ProtoIPv6}
+	for _, family := range families {
+		const IPCtnlMsgCtDelete = 2
+		request, err := netfilter.MarshalNetlink(
+			netfilter.Header{
+				SubsystemID: netfilter.NFSubsysCTNetlink,
+				MessageType: netfilter.MessageType(IPCtnlMsgCtDelete),
+				Family:      family,
+				Flags:       netlink.Request | netlink.Acknowledge,
+			},
+			nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("encoding netlink request: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		_, err = conn.Query(request)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("querying netlink request: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }