diff --git a/modify.go b/modify.go
index f6fe3859..8b379558 100644
--- a/modify.go
+++ b/modify.go
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ func (l *Conn) Modify(modifyRequest *ModifyRequest) error {
 type ModifyResult struct {
 	// Controls are the returned controls
 	Controls []Control
+	// Referral is the returned referral
+	Referral string
 }
 
 // ModifyWithResult performs the ModifyRequest and returns the result
@@ -157,9 +159,14 @@ func (l *Conn) ModifyWithResult(modifyRequest *ModifyRequest) (*ModifyResult, er
 
 	switch packet.Children[1].Tag {
 	case ApplicationModifyResponse:
-		err := GetLDAPError(packet)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		if err = GetLDAPError(packet); err != nil {
+			if referral, referralErr := getReferral(err, packet); referralErr != nil {
+				return result, referralErr
+			} else {
+				result.Referral = referral
+			}
+
+			return result, err
 		}
 		if len(packet.Children) == 3 {
 			for _, child := range packet.Children[2].Children {
diff --git a/passwdmodify.go b/passwdmodify.go
index 62a11084..e776e3b3 100644
--- a/passwdmodify.go
+++ b/passwdmodify.go
@@ -95,15 +95,13 @@ func (l *Conn) PasswordModify(passwordModifyRequest *PasswordModifyRequest) (*Pa
 	result := &PasswordModifyResult{}
 
 	if packet.Children[1].Tag == ApplicationExtendedResponse {
-		err := GetLDAPError(packet)
-		if err != nil {
-			if IsErrorWithCode(err, LDAPResultReferral) {
-				for _, child := range packet.Children[1].Children {
-					if child.Tag == 3 {
-						result.Referral = child.Children[0].Value.(string)
-					}
-				}
+		if err = GetLDAPError(packet); err != nil {
+			if referral, referralErr := getReferral(err, packet); referralErr != nil {
+				return result, referralErr
+			} else {
+				result.Referral = referral
 			}
+
 			return result, err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -112,10 +110,10 @@ func (l *Conn) PasswordModify(passwordModifyRequest *PasswordModifyRequest) (*Pa
 
 	extendedResponse := packet.Children[1]
 	for _, child := range extendedResponse.Children {
-		if child.Tag == 11 {
+		if child.Tag == ber.TagEmbeddedPDV {
 			passwordModifyResponseValue := ber.DecodePacket(child.Data.Bytes())
 			if len(passwordModifyResponseValue.Children) == 1 {
-				if passwordModifyResponseValue.Children[0].Tag == 0 {
+				if passwordModifyResponseValue.Children[0].Tag == ber.TagEOC {
 					result.GeneratedPassword = ber.DecodeString(passwordModifyResponseValue.Children[0].Data.Bytes())
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 4ea31e90..adc3b1c2 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ldap
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	ber "github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber"
 )
@@ -69,3 +70,29 @@ func (l *Conn) readPacket(msgCtx *messageContext) (*ber.Packet, error) {
 	}
 	return packet, nil
 }
+
+func getReferral(err error, packet *ber.Packet) (referral string, e error) {
+	if !IsErrorWithCode(err, LDAPResultReferral) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	if len(packet.Children) < 2 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("ldap: returned error indicates the packet contains a referral but it doesn't have sufficient child nodes: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if packet.Children[1].Tag != ber.TagObjectDescriptor {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("ldap: returned error indicates the packet contains a referral but the relevant child node isn't an object descriptor: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var ok bool
+
+	for _, child := range packet.Children[1].Children {
+		if child.Tag == ber.TagBitString && len(child.Children) >= 1 {
+			if referral, ok = child.Children[0].Value.(string); ok {
+				return referral, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("ldap: returned error indicates the packet contains a referral but the referral couldn't be decoded: %w", err)
+}
diff --git a/v3/modify.go b/v3/modify.go
index f6fe3859..8b379558 100644
--- a/v3/modify.go
+++ b/v3/modify.go
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ func (l *Conn) Modify(modifyRequest *ModifyRequest) error {
 type ModifyResult struct {
 	// Controls are the returned controls
 	Controls []Control
+	// Referral is the returned referral
+	Referral string
 }
 
 // ModifyWithResult performs the ModifyRequest and returns the result
@@ -157,9 +159,14 @@ func (l *Conn) ModifyWithResult(modifyRequest *ModifyRequest) (*ModifyResult, er
 
 	switch packet.Children[1].Tag {
 	case ApplicationModifyResponse:
-		err := GetLDAPError(packet)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		if err = GetLDAPError(packet); err != nil {
+			if referral, referralErr := getReferral(err, packet); referralErr != nil {
+				return result, referralErr
+			} else {
+				result.Referral = referral
+			}
+
+			return result, err
 		}
 		if len(packet.Children) == 3 {
 			for _, child := range packet.Children[2].Children {
diff --git a/v3/passwdmodify.go b/v3/passwdmodify.go
index 62a11084..e776e3b3 100644
--- a/v3/passwdmodify.go
+++ b/v3/passwdmodify.go
@@ -95,15 +95,13 @@ func (l *Conn) PasswordModify(passwordModifyRequest *PasswordModifyRequest) (*Pa
 	result := &PasswordModifyResult{}
 
 	if packet.Children[1].Tag == ApplicationExtendedResponse {
-		err := GetLDAPError(packet)
-		if err != nil {
-			if IsErrorWithCode(err, LDAPResultReferral) {
-				for _, child := range packet.Children[1].Children {
-					if child.Tag == 3 {
-						result.Referral = child.Children[0].Value.(string)
-					}
-				}
+		if err = GetLDAPError(packet); err != nil {
+			if referral, referralErr := getReferral(err, packet); referralErr != nil {
+				return result, referralErr
+			} else {
+				result.Referral = referral
 			}
+
 			return result, err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -112,10 +110,10 @@ func (l *Conn) PasswordModify(passwordModifyRequest *PasswordModifyRequest) (*Pa
 
 	extendedResponse := packet.Children[1]
 	for _, child := range extendedResponse.Children {
-		if child.Tag == 11 {
+		if child.Tag == ber.TagEmbeddedPDV {
 			passwordModifyResponseValue := ber.DecodePacket(child.Data.Bytes())
 			if len(passwordModifyResponseValue.Children) == 1 {
-				if passwordModifyResponseValue.Children[0].Tag == 0 {
+				if passwordModifyResponseValue.Children[0].Tag == ber.TagEOC {
 					result.GeneratedPassword = ber.DecodeString(passwordModifyResponseValue.Children[0].Data.Bytes())
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/v3/request.go b/v3/request.go
index 4ea31e90..adc3b1c2 100644
--- a/v3/request.go
+++ b/v3/request.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ldap
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	ber "github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber"
 )
@@ -69,3 +70,29 @@ func (l *Conn) readPacket(msgCtx *messageContext) (*ber.Packet, error) {
 	}
 	return packet, nil
 }
+
+func getReferral(err error, packet *ber.Packet) (referral string, e error) {
+	if !IsErrorWithCode(err, LDAPResultReferral) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	if len(packet.Children) < 2 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("ldap: returned error indicates the packet contains a referral but it doesn't have sufficient child nodes: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if packet.Children[1].Tag != ber.TagObjectDescriptor {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("ldap: returned error indicates the packet contains a referral but the relevant child node isn't an object descriptor: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var ok bool
+
+	for _, child := range packet.Children[1].Children {
+		if child.Tag == ber.TagBitString && len(child.Children) >= 1 {
+			if referral, ok = child.Children[0].Value.(string); ok {
+				return referral, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("ldap: returned error indicates the packet contains a referral but the referral couldn't be decoded: %w", err)
+}