diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/qvalue_convert.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/qvalue_convert.go
index d54e6fa4d3..defc2f492f 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/qvalue_convert.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/qvalue_convert.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -299,20 +300,24 @@ func parseFieldFromQValueKind(qvalueKind qvalue.QValueKind, value interface{}) (
 			return qvalue.QValue{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse UUID: %v", value)
 		}
 	case qvalue.QValueKindINET:
-		switch value.(type) {
+		switch v := value.(type) {
 		case string:
 			val = qvalue.QValue{Kind: qvalue.QValueKindINET, Value: value}
 		case [16]byte:
 			val = qvalue.QValue{Kind: qvalue.QValueKindINET, Value: value}
+		case netip.Prefix:
+			val = qvalue.QValue{Kind: qvalue.QValueKindINET, Value: v.String()}
 		default:
-			return qvalue.QValue{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse INET: %v", value)
+			return qvalue.QValue{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse INET: %v", v)
 		}
 	case qvalue.QValueKindCIDR:
-		switch value.(type) {
+		switch v := value.(type) {
 		case string:
 			val = qvalue.QValue{Kind: qvalue.QValueKindCIDR, Value: value}
 		case [16]byte:
 			val = qvalue.QValue{Kind: qvalue.QValueKindCIDR, Value: value}
+		case netip.Prefix:
+			val = qvalue.QValue{Kind: qvalue.QValueKindCIDR, Value: v.String()}
 		default:
 			return qvalue.QValue{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse CIDR: %v", value)
 		}
diff --git a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
index cdf7f1d021..9d0b8f6a57 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func (s PeerFlowE2ETestSuiteBQ) Test_Types_BQ() {
 		_, err = s.Conn().Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf(`
 		INSERT INTO %s SELECT 2,2,b'1',b'101',
 		true,random_bytea(32),'s','test','1.1.10.2'::cidr,
-		CURRENT_DATE,1.23,1.234,'192.168.1.5'::inet,1,
+		CURRENT_DATE,1.23,1.234,'10.0.0.0/32'::inet,1,
 		'5 years 2 months 29 days 1 minute 2 seconds 200 milliseconds 20000 microseconds'::interval,
 		'{"sai":-8.02139037433155}'::json,'{"sai":1}'::jsonb,'08:00:2b:01:02:03'::macaddr,
 		1.2,1.23,4::oid,1.23,1,1,1,'test',now(),now(),now()::time,now()::timetz,
diff --git a/flow/e2e/test_utils.go b/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
index 36a0e4d7c9..598297106b 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ func CreateTableForQRep(conn *pgx.Conn, suffix string, tableName string) error {
 		"myreal REAL",
 		"myreal2 REAL",
 		"myreal3 REAL",
+		"myinet INET",
+		"mycidr CIDR",
 	}
 	tblFieldStr := strings.Join(tblFields, ",")
 	var pgErr *pgconn.PgError
@@ -351,7 +353,9 @@ func PopulateSourceTable(conn *pgx.Conn, suffix string, tableName string, rowCou
 						'NaN',
 						3.14159,
 						1,
-						1.0
+						1.0,
+						'10.0.0.0/32',
+						'1.1.10.2'::cidr
 					)`,
 			id, uuid.New().String(), uuid.New().String(),
 			uuid.New().String(), uuid.New().String(), uuid.New().String(), uuid.New().String())
@@ -372,7 +376,9 @@ func PopulateSourceTable(conn *pgx.Conn, suffix string, tableName string, rowCou
 					nannu,
 					myreal,
 					myreal2,
-					myreal3
+					myreal3,
+					myinet,
+					mycidr
 			) VALUES %s;
 	`, suffix, tableName, strings.Join(rows, ",")))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/flow/model/qrecord_batch.go b/flow/model/qrecord_batch.go
index 77700b7a89..4cf4a11017 100644
--- a/flow/model/qrecord_batch.go
+++ b/flow/model/qrecord_batch.go
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ func (src *QRecordBatchCopyFromSource) Values() ([]interface{}, error) {
 			}
 			values[i] = v
 
+		case qvalue.QValueKindCIDR, qvalue.QValueKindINET:
+			v, ok := qValue.Value.(string)
+			if !ok {
+				src.err = errors.New("invalid INET/CIDR value")
+				return nil, src.err
+			}
+			values[i] = v
+
 		case qvalue.QValueKindTime:
 			t, ok := qValue.Value.(time.Time)
 			if !ok {
diff --git a/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go b/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go
index d5aef18113..ea90af00ed 100644
--- a/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go
+++ b/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type AvroSchemaField struct {
 // will return an error.
 func GetAvroSchemaFromQValueKind(kind QValueKind, targetDWH QDWHType, precision int16, scale int16) (interface{}, error) {
 	switch kind {
-	case QValueKindString, QValueKindQChar:
+	case QValueKindString, QValueKindQChar, QValueKindCIDR, QValueKindINET:
 		return "string", nil
 	case QValueKindUUID:
 		return AvroSchemaLogical{
diff --git a/flow/model/qvalue/qvalue.go b/flow/model/qvalue/qvalue.go
index 1ad07150b6..972063d494 100644
--- a/flow/model/qvalue/qvalue.go
+++ b/flow/model/qvalue/qvalue.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (q QValue) Equals(other QValue) bool {
 		} else {
 			return false
 		}
-	case QValueKindString:
+	case QValueKindString, QValueKindINET, QValueKindCIDR:
 		return compareString(q.Value, other.Value)
 	// all internally represented as a Golang time.Time
 	case QValueKindDate,