diff --git a/ansible/kubernetes/playbooks/templates/custom-cilium-helmchart.yaml.j2 b/ansible/kubernetes/playbooks/templates/custom-cilium-helmchart.yaml.j2
index 2c87af7f8e0d..27815675fac0 100644
--- a/ansible/kubernetes/playbooks/templates/custom-cilium-helmchart.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible/kubernetes/playbooks/templates/custom-cilium-helmchart.yaml.j2
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
     ipv4NativeRoutingCIDR: "{{ k3s_server['cluster-cidr'] }}"
     k8sServiceHost: "{{ k3s_registration_address }}"
     k8sServicePort: 6443
-    kubeProxyReplacement: strict
+    kubeProxyReplacement: true
     kubeProxyReplacementHealthzBindAddr: 0.0.0.0:10256
     l2announcements:
       enabled: true
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/kube-system/cilium/app/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/kube-system/cilium/app/helmrelease.yaml
index df5481977f9f..676b1d87c578 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/kube-system/cilium/app/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/kube-system/cilium/app/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ spec:
     ipv4NativeRoutingCIDR: 10.32.0.0/16
     k8sServiceHost: 192.168.42.254
     k8sServicePort: 6443
-    kubeProxyReplacement: strict
+    kubeProxyReplacement: true
     kubeProxyReplacementHealthzBindAddr: 0.0.0.0:10256
     l2announcements:
       enabled: true