diff --git a/templates/aws-hosted-cp/templates/k0smotroncontrolplane.yaml b/templates/aws-hosted-cp/templates/k0smotroncontrolplane.yaml
index 97dc5cac0..372f9bb32 100644
--- a/templates/aws-hosted-cp/templates/k0smotroncontrolplane.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-hosted-cp/templates/k0smotroncontrolplane.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ spec:
       name: {{ include "k0sconfig.name" . }}
       namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
     spec:
+      network:
+        provider: calico
+        calico:
+          mode: ipip
       extensions:
         helm:
           repositories:
@@ -39,4 +43,4 @@ spec:
                 - --cluster-name={{ include "cluster.name" . }}
               # Removing the default `node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane` node selector
               # TODO: it does not work
-              # nodeSelector: ""
\ No newline at end of file
+              # nodeSelector: ""
diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/k0scontrolplane.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/k0scontrolplane.yaml
index 98a713ac9..b2e3ad31f 100644
--- a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/k0scontrolplane.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/k0scontrolplane.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ spec:
         api:
           extraArgs:
             anonymous-auth: "true"
+        network:
+          provider: calico
+          calico:
+            mode: ipip
         extensions:
           helm:
             repositories: