diff --git a/lib/deprecated/pure/sockets.nim b/lib/deprecated/pure/sockets.nim
index f7d0950d84..20e6d93642 100644
--- a/lib/deprecated/pure/sockets.nim
+++ b/lib/deprecated/pure/sockets.nim
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ proc htons*(x: int16): int16 =
   ## order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
   result = sockets.ntohs(x)
 
+template ntohl(x: uint32): expr =
+  cast[uint32](sockets.ntohl(cast[int32](x)))
+
+template ntohs(x: uint16): expr =
+  cast[uint16](sockets.ntohs(cast[int16](x)))
+
+template htonl(x: uint32): expr =
+  sockets.ntohl(x)
+
+template htons(x: uint16): expr =
+  sockets.ntohs(x)
+
 when defined(Posix):
   proc toInt(domain: Domain): cint =
     case domain
@@ -451,7 +463,7 @@ proc bindAddr*(socket: Socket, port = Port(0), address = "") {.
       name.sin_family = int16(ord(AF_INET))
     else:
       name.sin_family = posix.AF_INET
-    name.sin_port = sockets.htons(int16(port))
+    name.sin_port = sockets.htons(uint16(port))
     name.sin_addr.s_addr = sockets.htonl(INADDR_ANY)
     if bindSocket(socket.fd, cast[ptr SockAddr](addr(name)),
                   sizeof(name).SockLen) < 0'i32:
@@ -834,7 +846,7 @@ proc connect*(socket: Socket, address: string, port = Port(0),
   when false:
     var s: TSockAddrIn
     s.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(address)
-    s.sin_port = sockets.htons(int16(port))
+    s.sin_port = sockets.htons(uint16(port))
     when defined(windows):
       s.sin_family = toU16(ord(af))
     else:
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix.nim b/lib/posix/posix.nim
index 40b48f9926..4c7b817cb0 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix.nim
@@ -486,11 +486,11 @@ type
     l_onoff*: cint  ## Indicates whether linger option is enabled.
     l_linger*: cint ## Linger time, in seconds.
 
-  InPort* = int16 ## unsigned!
-  InAddrScalar* = int32 ## unsigned!
+  InPort* = uint16
+  InAddrScalar* = uint32
 
   InAddrT* {.importc: "in_addr_t", pure, final,
-             header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = int32 ## unsigned!
+             header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = uint32
 
   InAddr* {.importc: "struct in_addr", pure, final,
              header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct in_addr
diff --git a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
index 3951b46a3f..043d6d80a3 100644
--- a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
@@ -219,31 +219,67 @@ proc getAddrInfo*(address: string, port: Port, domain: Domain = AF_INET,
 proc dealloc*(ai: ptr AddrInfo) =
   freeaddrinfo(ai)
 
-proc ntohl*(x: int32): int32 =
-  ## Converts 32-bit integers from network to host byte order.
+proc ntohl*(x: uint32): uint32 =
+  ## Converts 32-bit unsigned integers from network to host byte order.
   ## On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order,
   ## this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation.
   when cpuEndian == bigEndian: result = x
-  else: result = (x shr 24'i32) or
-                 (x shr 8'i32 and 0xff00'i32) or
-                 (x shl 8'i32 and 0xff0000'i32) or
-                 (x shl 24'i32)
+  else: result = (x shr 24'u32) or
+                 (x shr 8'u32 and 0xff00'u32) or
+                 (x shl 8'u32 and 0xff0000'u32) or
+                 (x shl 24'u32)
 
-proc ntohs*(x: int16): int16 =
-  ## Converts 16-bit integers from network to host byte order. On machines
-  ## where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is
-  ## a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
+template ntohl*(x: int32): expr {.deprecated.} =
+  ## Converts 32-bit integers from network to host byte order.
+  ## On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order,
+  ## this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation.
+  ## **Warning**: This template is deprecated since 0.14.0, IPv4
+  ## addresses are now treated as unsigned integers. Please use the unsigned
+  ## version of this template.
+  cast[int32](ntohl(cast[uint32](x)))
+
+proc ntohs*(x: uint16): uint16 =
+  ## Converts 16-bit unsigned integers from network to host byte order. On
+  ## machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order,
+  ## this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
   when cpuEndian == bigEndian: result = x
-  else: result = (x shr 8'i16) or (x shl 8'i16)
+  else: result = (x shr 8'u16) or (x shl 8'u16)
 
-template htonl*(x: int32): expr =
+template ntohs*(x: int16): expr {.deprecated.} =
+  ## Converts 16-bit integers from network to host byte order. On
+  ## machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order,
+  ## this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
+  ## **Warning**: This template is deprecated since 0.14.0, where port
+  ## numbers became unsigned integers. Please use the unsigned version of
+  ## this template.
+  cast[int16](ntohs(cast[uint16](x)))
+
+template htonl*(x: int32): expr {.deprecated.} =
   ## Converts 32-bit integers from host to network byte order. On machines
   ## where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is
   ## a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation.
+  ## **Warning**: This template is deprecated since 0.14.0, IPv4
+  ## addresses are now treated as unsigned integers. Please use the unsigned
+  ## version of this template.
   nativesockets.ntohl(x)
 
-template htons*(x: int16): expr =
-  ## Converts 16-bit positive integers from host to network byte order.
+template htonl*(x: uint32): expr =
+  ## Converts 32-bit unsigned integers from host to network byte order. On
+  ## machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte order,
+  ## this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation.
+  nativesockets.ntohl(x)
+
+template htons*(x: int16): expr {.deprecated.} =
+  ## Converts 16-bit integers from host to network byte order.
+  ## On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte
+  ## order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
+  ## **Warning**: This template is deprecated since 0.14.0, where port
+  ## numbers became unsigned integers. Please use the unsigned version of
+  ## this template.
+  nativesockets.ntohs(x)
+
+template htons*(x: uint16): expr =
+  ## Converts 16-bit unsigned integers from host to network byte order.
   ## On machines where the host byte order is the same as network byte
   ## order, this is a no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation.
   nativesockets.ntohs(x)
diff --git a/lib/pure/net.nim b/lib/pure/net.nim
index b9764edd3e..330682ca90 100644
--- a/lib/pure/net.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/net.nim
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ proc bindAddr*(socket: Socket, port = Port(0), address = "") {.
       name.sin_family = toInt(AF_INET).int16
     else:
       name.sin_family = toInt(AF_INET)
-    name.sin_port = htons(int16(port))
+    name.sin_port = htons(port.uint16)
     name.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY)
     if bindAddr(socket.fd, cast[ptr SockAddr](addr(name)),
                   sizeof(name).SockLen) < 0'i32:
diff --git a/lib/windows/winlean.nim b/lib/windows/winlean.nim
index 5bd9846c93..53308cab08 100644
--- a/lib/windows/winlean.nim
+++ b/lib/windows/winlean.nim
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ const
   FD_SETSIZE* = 64
   MSG_PEEK* = 2
 
-  INADDR_ANY* = 0
+  INADDR_ANY* = 0'u32
   INADDR_LOOPBACK* = 0x7F000001
   INADDR_BROADCAST* = -1
   INADDR_NONE* = -1
@@ -441,12 +441,12 @@ type
     sa_data: array[0..13, char]
 
   InAddr* {.importc: "IN_ADDR", header: "winsock2.h".} = object
-    s_addr*: int32  # IP address
+    s_addr*: uint32  # IP address
 
   Sockaddr_in* {.importc: "SOCKADDR_IN",
                   header: "winsock2.h".} = object
     sin_family*: int16
-    sin_port*: int16 # unsigned
+    sin_port*: uint16
     sin_addr*: InAddr
     sin_zero*: array[0..7, char]
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ type
   Sockaddr_in6* {.importc: "SOCKADDR_IN6",
                    header: "ws2tcpip.h".} = object
     sin6_family*: int16
-    sin6_port*: int16 # unsigned
+    sin6_port*: uint16
     sin6_flowinfo*: int32 # unsigned
     sin6_addr*: In6_addr
     sin6_scope_id*: int32 # unsigned
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ proc getnameinfo*(a1: ptr SockAddr, a2: SockLen,
                   a6: SockLen, a7: cint): cint {.
   stdcall, importc: "getnameinfo", dynlib: ws2dll.}
 
-proc inet_addr*(cp: cstring): int32 {.
+proc inet_addr*(cp: cstring): uint32 {.
   stdcall, importc: "inet_addr", dynlib: ws2dll.}
 
 proc WSAFDIsSet(s: SocketHandle, set: var TFdSet): bool {.
diff --git a/tests/async/tasyncawait.nim b/tests/async/tasyncawait.nim
index 443f769cd0..9fe9507adc 100644
--- a/tests/async/tasyncawait.nim
+++ b/tests/async/tasyncawait.nim
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ proc createServer(port: TPort) {.async.} =
       name.sin_family = toInt(AF_INET).int16
     else:
       name.sin_family = toInt(AF_INET)
-    name.sin_port = htons(int16(port))
+    name.sin_port = htons(uint16(port))
     name.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY)
     if bindAddr(server.SocketHandle, cast[ptr SockAddr](addr(name)),
                 sizeof(name).Socklen) < 0'i32: