diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh
index 75528788cb95e..5175a42cbe8a2 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ check_features()
 
 test_ipv4_forward()
 {
-	RESULT4=$(ip netns exec "${LISTENER}" nc -w 1 -l -u 239.0.0.1 4000)
-	if [ "$RESULT4" == "172.17.0.2" ]; then
+	RESULT4=$(ip netns exec "${LISTENER}" timeout 15 socat - UDP4-LISTEN:4000,readbytes=128 || true)
+	if echo "$RESULT4" | grep -q "172.17.0.2"; then
 		printf "TEST: %-60s  [ OK ]\n" "IPv4 amt multicast forwarding"
 		exit 0
 	else
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ test_ipv4_forward()
 
 test_ipv6_forward()
 {
-	RESULT6=$(ip netns exec "${LISTENER}" nc -w 1 -l -u ff0e::5:6 6000)
-	if [ "$RESULT6" == "2001:db8:3::2" ]; then
+	RESULT6=$(ip netns exec "${LISTENER}" timeout 15 socat - UDP6-LISTEN:6000,readbytes=128 || true)
+	if echo "$RESULT6" | grep -q "2001:db8:3::2"; then
 		printf "TEST: %-60s  [ OK ]\n" "IPv6 amt multicast forwarding"
 		exit 0
 	else
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@ send_mcast4()
 {
 	sleep 2
 	ip netns exec "${SOURCE}" bash -c \
-		'echo 172.17.0.2 | nc -w 1 -u 239.0.0.1 4000' &
+		'printf "%s %128s" 172.17.0.2 | nc -w 1 -u 239.0.0.1 4000' &
 }
 
 send_mcast6()
 {
 	sleep 2
 	ip netns exec "${SOURCE}" bash -c \
-		'echo 2001:db8:3::2 | nc -w 1 -u ff0e::5:6 6000' &
+		'printf "%s %128s" 2001:db8:3::2 | nc -w 1 -u ff0e::5:6 6000' &
 }
 
 check_features