diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/Manifest b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d3fb1f6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+image flannel-flannel docker.io/flannel/flannel:v0.26.1
+image flannel-flannel-cni-plugin docker.io/flannel/flannel-cni-plugin:v1.5.1-flannel2
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/flannel-ethtool.service b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/flannel-ethtool.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0d5a8ff53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/flannel-ethtool.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Disable vxlan checksum offloading for flannel.1
+After=sys-devices-virtual-net-flannel.1.device
+Requires=sys-devices-virtual-net-flannel.1.device
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/sbin/ethtool -K flannel.1 tx-checksum-ip-generic off
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sys-devices-virtual-net-flannel.1.device
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/host-preflight.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/host-preflight.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43f6d75f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/host-preflight.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: troubleshoot.sh/v1beta2
+kind: HostPreflight
+metadata:
+  name: flannel
+spec:
+  collectors:
+    - udpPortStatus:
+        collectorName: Flannel UDP port 8472
+        port: 8472
+        exclude: '{{kurl .IsUpgrade }}'
+  analyzers:
+    - udpPortStatus:
+        checkName: "Flannel UDP port 8472 status"
+        collectorName: Flannel UDP port 8472
+        exclude: '{{kurl .IsUpgrade }}'
+        outcomes:
+          - warn:
+              when: "address-in-use"
+              message: Another process is already listening on port
+          - fail:
+              when: "error"
+              message: Unexpected port status
+          - pass:
+              when: "connected"
+              message: Port is open
+          - warn:
+              message: Unexpected port status
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/install.sh b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/install.sh
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+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,671 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export POD_CIDR
+export POD_CIDR_RANGE
+export POD_CIDR_IPV6
+export EXISTING_POD_CIDR
+
+export FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV4=${FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV4:-true}
+export FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV6=${FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV6:-false} # TODO: support ipv6
+export FLANNEL_BACKEND=${FLANNEL_BACKEND:-vxlan} # TODO: support encryption
+export FLANNEL_IFACE=${FLANNEL_IFACE:-}
+
+function flannel_pre_init() {
+    local src="$DIR/addons/flannel/$FLANNEL_VERSION"
+    local dst="$DIR/kustomize/flannel"
+
+    if [ -n "$DOCKER_VERSION" ]; then
+        bail "Flannel is not compatible with the Docker runtime, Containerd is required"
+    fi
+
+    if flannel_antrea_conflict ; then
+        bail "Migrations from Antrea to Flannel are not supported"
+    fi
+
+    # TODO: support ipv6
+    local private_address_iface=
+    local default_gateway_iface=
+    private_address_iface=$("$BIN_KURL" netutil iface-from-ip "$PRIVATE_ADDRESS")
+    default_gateway_iface=$("$BIN_KURL" netutil default-gateway-iface)
+    # if the private address is on a different interface than the default gateway, use the private address interface
+    if [ -n "$private_address_iface" ] && [ "$private_address_iface" != "$default_gateway_iface" ]; then
+        FLANNEL_IFACE="$private_address_iface"
+    fi
+
+    flannel_init_pod_subnet
+
+    if ! flannel_weave_conflict; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    logWarn "The migration from Weave to Flannel will require whole-cluster downtime."
+    logWarn "Would you like to continue?"
+    if ! confirmY ; then
+        bail "Not migrating from Weave to Flannel"
+    fi
+
+    # flannel_init_pod_subnet will fail to read the pod cidr when using weave
+    # because weave installation does not seem to populate the pod cidr property
+    # on the kubeadm cm. here we attempt to read the data directly from the
+    # weave-net daemonset.
+    local weave_pod_cidr
+    weave_pod_cidr=$(flannel_find_weave_pod_cidr)
+    if [ -z "$EXISTING_POD_CIDR" ] && [ -n "$weave_pod_cidr" ]; then
+        EXISTING_POD_CIDR="$weave_pod_cidr"
+    fi
+
+    # if the migration from weave has failed before we may have a cluster with a
+    # non working network, in this scenario we can't simply move forward because
+    # other addons may fail during their pre_init phase. we need to jump from here
+    # directly into the weave to flannel migration code. subsequent call to install
+    # flannel again will be, essentially, a noop.
+    if flannel_weave_migration_has_failed; then
+        logWarn "Previous attempt to migrate from Weave to Flannel has failed."
+        logWarn "Attempting to migrate again, do you wish to continue?"
+        if ! confirmY ; then
+            bail "Not migrating from Weave to Flannel"
+        fi
+        discover_pod_subnet
+        discover_service_subnet
+        flannel
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    flannel_check_nodes_connectivity
+    flannel_check_rook_ceph_status
+}
+
+function flannel_check_rook_ceph_status() {
+    if kubectl get namespace/rook-ceph ; then
+       logStep "Checking Rook Status prior to migrating from Weave to Flannel"
+       if ! "$DIR"/bin/kurl rook wait-for-health 300 ; then
+           kubectl -n rook-ceph exec deploy/rook-ceph-tools -- ceph status
+           bail "Failed to verify Rook, Ceph is not healthy. The migration from Weave to Flannel can not be performed"
+           bail "Please, ensure that Rook Ceph is healthy."
+       fi
+       logSuccess "Rook Ceph is healthy"
+    fi
+}
+
+# flannel_find_weave_pod_cidr reads the weave pod cidr directly from the weave-net daemonset.
+function flannel_find_weave_pod_cidr() {
+    kubectl get daemonset weave-net -n kube-system -o yaml 2>/dev/null |grep "name: IPALLOC_RANGE" -A1 | tail -1 | awk '{ print $NF }'
+}
+
+# flannel_check_nodes_connectivity verifies that all nodes in the cluster can reach each other through
+# port 8472/UDP (this communication is a flannel requirement).
+function flannel_check_nodes_connectivity() {
+    local node_count
+    node_count="$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
+    if [ "$node_count" = "1" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # if we are in an airgap environment we need to load the kurl-util image locally. this
+    # image has already been loaded in all remote nodes after the common_prompts function.
+    if [ "$AIRGAP" = "1" ] && [ -f shared/kurl-util.tar ]; then
+        if node_is_using_docker ; then
+            docker load < shared/kurl-util.tar
+        else
+            ctr -a "$(${K8S_DISTRO}_get_containerd_sock)" -n=k8s.io images import shared/kurl-util.tar
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    log "Verifying if all nodes can communicate with each other through port 8472/UDP."
+    if ! "$DIR"/bin/kurl netutil nodes-connectivity --port 8472 --image "$KURL_UTIL_IMAGE" --proto udp; then
+        logFail "Flannel requires UDP port 8472 for communication between nodes."
+        logFail "Please make sure this port is open prior to running this upgrade."
+        bail "Not migrating from Weave to Flannel"
+    fi
+}
+
+function flannel_join() {
+    logWarn "Flannel requires UDP port 8472 for communication between nodes."
+    logWarn "Failure to open this port will cause connection failures between containers on different nodes."
+}
+
+function flannel() {
+    local src="$DIR/addons/flannel/$FLANNEL_VERSION"
+    local dst="$DIR/kustomize/flannel"
+
+    mkdir -p "$dst"
+    cp "$src"/yaml/* "$dst/"
+
+    if [ "$KUBERNETES_TARGET_VERSION_MINOR" -lt "21" ]; then
+       sed -i 's/  - path:/  -/' "$dst/kustomization.yaml"
+    fi
+
+    # Kubernetes 1.27 uses kustomize v5 which dropped support for old, legacy style patches
+    # See: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.27.md#changelog-since-v1270
+    kubernetes_kustomize_config_migrate "$dst"
+
+    flannel_render_config
+
+    if flannel_weave_conflict; then
+        weave_to_flannel
+    else
+        kubectl -n kube-flannel apply -k "$dst/"
+    fi
+
+    # We will remove the flannel pods to let it be re-created
+    # in order to workaround the issue scenario described in
+    # https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/issues/1721
+    if [ "$KUBERNETES_UPGRADE" == "1" ]; then
+       log "Restarting kube-flannel pods"
+       kubectl rollout restart --namespace=kube-flannel daemonset/kube-flannel-ds
+    fi
+
+    if flannel_detect_vmware_nic; then
+        flannel_install_ethtool_service "$src"
+    fi
+
+    flannel_ready_spinner
+    check_network
+}
+
+function flannel_detect_vmware_nic() {
+    if lspci -v | grep Ethernet | grep -q "VMware VMXNET3"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+function flannel_install_ethtool_service() {
+    # this disables the tcp checksum offloading on flannel interface - this is a workaround for
+    # certain VMWare NICs that use NSX and have a conflict with the way the checksum is handled by
+    # the kernel.
+    local src="$1"
+
+    logStep "Installing flannel ethtool service"
+    logStep "Disabling TCP checksum offloading on flannel interface for VMWare VMXNET3 NICs"
+
+    cp "$src/flannel-ethtool.service" /etc/systemd/system/flannel-ethtool.service
+
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl enable flannel-ethtool.service
+    if ! timeout 30s systemctl start flannel-ethtool.service; then
+        log "Failed to start flannel-ethtool.service within 30s, restarting it"
+        systemctl restart flannel-ethtool.service
+    fi
+
+    logSuccess "Flannel ethtool service installed"
+}
+
+function flannel_init_pod_subnet() {
+    POD_CIDR="$FLANNEL_POD_CIDR"
+    POD_CIDR_RANGE="$FLANNEL_POD_CIDR_RANGE"
+
+    cp "$src/kubeadm.yaml" "$DIR/kustomize/kubeadm/init-patches/flannel.yaml"
+
+    if commandExists kubectl && kubectl get pods 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+        EXISTING_POD_CIDR=$(awk -F '=' '/--cluster-cidr/{print $2}' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml 2>/dev/null)
+    fi
+}
+
+function flannel_render_config() {
+    render_yaml_file_2 "$src/template/kube-flannel-cfg.patch.tmpl.yaml" > "$dst/kube-flannel-cfg.patch.yaml"
+
+    if [ "$FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV6" = "true" ] && [ -n "$POD_CIDR_IPV6" ]; then
+        render_yaml_file_2 "$src/template/ipv6.patch.tmpl.yaml" > "$dst/ipv6.patch.yaml"
+        insert_patches_strategic_merge "$dst/kustomization.yaml" ipv6.patch.yaml
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$FLANNEL_IFACE" ]; then
+        render_yaml_file_2 "$src/template/iface.patch.tmpl.yaml" > "$dst/iface.patch.yaml"
+        insert_patches_json_6902 "$dst/kustomization.yaml" iface.patch.yaml apps v1 DaemonSet kube-flannel-ds kube-flannel
+    fi
+}
+
+function flannel_health_check() {
+    local health=
+    health="$(kubectl -n kube-flannel get pods -l app=flannel -o jsonpath="{range .items[*]}{range .status.conditions[*]}{ .type }={ .status }{'\n'}{end}{end}" 2>/dev/null)"
+    if echo "$health" | grep -q '^Ready=False' ; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
+function flannel_ready_spinner() {
+    logSubstep "Waiting up to 5 minutes for Flannel to become healthy"
+    if ! spinner_until 300 flannel_health_check; then
+        kubectl logs -n kube-flannel -l app=flannel --all-containers --tail 10 || true
+        bail "The Flannel add-on failed to deploy successfully."
+    fi
+    logSuccess "Flannel is healthy"
+}
+
+# flannel_weave_conflict returns true if weave is installed or a previous migration to
+# flannel was failed. on these scenarios we need to run the weave-to-flannel migration.
+function flannel_weave_conflict() {
+    if ls /etc/cni/net.d/*weave* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    flannel_weave_migration_has_failed
+}
+
+# flannel_weave_migration_has_failed returns true if a previous migration to flannel
+# was failed.
+function flannel_weave_migration_has_failed() {
+    # this config map is created when the migration from weave to flannel is started
+    # and removed when it is finished. if we find this config map then we know that
+    # we have failed in a previous attempt to migrate.
+    kubectl get cm -n kurl migration-from-weave >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+function flannel_antrea_conflict() {
+    ls /etc/cni/net.d/*antrea* >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+function flannel_scale_down_ekco() {
+    if ! kubernetes_resource_exists kurl deployment ekc-operator ; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(kubectl -n kurl get deployments ekc-operator -o jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}')" = "0" ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+    logSubstep "Scaling down Ekco Operator"
+    kubectl -n kurl scale deployment ekc-operator --replicas=0
+
+    log "Waiting for ekco pods to be removed"
+    if ! spinner_until 300 ekco_pods_gone; then
+        bail "Unable to scale down ekco operator"
+    fi
+    logSuccess "Ecko Operator is scaled down"
+}
+
+# rook_scale_up_ekco will scale up ekco to 1 replica
+function flannel_scale_up_ekco() {
+    if ! kubernetes_resource_exists kurl deployment ekc-operator ; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSubstep "Scaling up Ecko Operator"
+    if ! timeout 120 kubectl -n kurl scale deployment ekc-operator --replicas=1 1>/dev/null; then
+        logWarn "Failed to scale down Ecko Operator within the timeout period."
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSuccess "Ecko is scaled up"
+}
+
+
+# rook_scale_down_prometheus will scale down prometheus to 0 replicas
+function flannel_scale_down_prometheus() {
+    if ! kubernetes_resource_exists monitoring prometheus k8s ; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(kubectl -n monitoring get prometheus k8s -o jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}')" = "0" ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSubstep "Scaling down Prometheus"
+
+    log "Patching prometheus to scale down"
+    if ! timeout 120 kubectl -n monitoring patch prometheus k8s --type='json' --patch '[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/replicas", value: 0}]' 1>/dev/null; then
+        logWarn "Failed to patch Prometheus to scale down within the timeout period."
+    fi
+
+    log "Waiting 30 seconds to let Prometheus scale down"
+    sleep 30
+
+    log "Waiting for prometheus pods to be removed"
+    if ! spinner_until 300 prometheus_pods_gone; then
+        logWarn "Prometheus pods still running. Trying once more"
+        kubectl -n monitoring patch prometheus k8s --type='json' --patch '[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/replicas", value: 0}]'
+        if ! spinner_until 300 prometheus_pods_gone; then
+            bail "Unable to scale down prometheus"
+        fi
+    fi
+    logSuccess "Prometheus is scaled down"
+}
+
+# flannel_scale_up_prometheus will scale up prometheus replicas to 2
+function flannel_scale_up_prometheus() {
+    if ! kubernetes_resource_exists monitoring prometheus k8s ; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSubstep "Scaling up Prometheus"
+    if ! timeout 120 kubectl -n monitoring patch prometheus k8s --type='json' --patch '[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/replicas", value: 2}]' 1>/dev/null; then
+        logWarn "Failed to patch Prometheus to scale up within the timeout period."
+    fi
+
+    log "Awaiting Prometheus pods to transition to Running"
+    if ! spinner_until 300 check_for_running_pods "monitoring"; then
+        logWarn "Prometheus scale up did not complete within the allotted time"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSuccess "Prometheus is scaled up"
+}
+
+function flannel_scale_down_rook() {
+    if ! kubernetes_resource_exists rook-ceph deployment rook-ceph-operator; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSubstep "Scaling down Rook Ceph for the migration from Weave to Flannel"
+    log "Scaling down Rook Operator"
+    if ! timeout 300 kubectl -n rook-ceph scale deployment rook-ceph-operator --replicas=0 1>/dev/null; then
+        kubectl logs -n rook-ceph -l app=rook-ceph-operator --all-containers --tail 10 || true
+        bail "The Rook Ceph operator failed to scale down within the timeout period."
+    fi
+
+    logSuccess "Rook Ceph is scaled down"
+}
+
+function flannel_scale_up_rook() {
+    if ! kubernetes_resource_exists rook-ceph deployment rook-ceph-operator; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSubstep "Scaling up Rook Ceph"
+    if ! timeout 120 kubectl -n rook-ceph scale deployment rook-ceph-operator --replicas=1 1>/dev/null; then
+        logWarn "Failed to scale up Rook Operator within the timeout period."
+    fi
+
+    log "Waiting for Ceph to become healthy"
+    if ! "$DIR"/bin/kurl rook wait-for-health 1200 ; then
+        kubectl logs -n rook-ceph -l app=rook-ceph-operator --all-containers --tail 10 || true
+        kubectl -n rook-ceph exec deploy/rook-ceph-tools -- ceph status
+        logWarn "Rook Ceph is not healthy. Migration from Weave to Flannel does not seems to have been completed successfully"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    logSuccess "Rook Ceph scale has been restored"
+}
+
+function weave_to_flannel() {
+    local dst="$DIR/kustomize/flannel"
+
+    # start by creating a config map indicating that this migration has been started. if we fail
+    # midair this ensure this function will be ran once more.
+    kubectl create configmap -n kurl migration-from-weave --from-literal=started="true" --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+
+    logStep "Scaling down services prior to removing Weave"
+    flannel_scale_down_ekco
+    flannel_scale_down_rook
+    flannel_scale_down_prometheus
+    logSuccess "Services scaled down successfully"
+
+    remove_weave
+    flannel_kubeadm
+
+    log "Flushing IP Tables"
+    weave_flush_iptables
+    log "Waiting for containerd to restart"
+
+    logStep "Applying Flannel"
+    kubectl -n kube-flannel apply -k "$dst/"
+    logSuccess "Flannel applied successfully"
+
+
+    # if there is more than one node, prompt to run on each primary/master node, and then on each worker/secondary node
+    local master_node_count=
+    master_node_count=$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers --selector='node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane' | wc -l)
+    local master_node_names=
+    master_node_names=$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers --selector='node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane' -o custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name)
+    if [ "$master_node_count" -gt 1 ]; then
+        logStep "Required to remove Weave from Primary Nodes"
+
+        local other_master_nodes=
+        other_master_nodes=$(echo "$master_node_names" | grep -v "$(get_local_node_name)")
+        printf "${YELLOW}Moving primary nodes from Weave to Flannel requires removing certain weave files and restarting kubelet.${NC}\n"
+        printf "${YELLOW}Please run the following command on each of the listed primary nodes:${NC}\n\n"
+        printf "${other_master_nodes}\n"
+
+        # generate the cert key once, as the hash changes each time upload-certs is called
+        kubeadm init phase upload-certs --upload-certs 2>/dev/null > /tmp/kotsadm-cert-key
+        local cert_key=
+        cert_key=$(cat /tmp/kotsadm-cert-key | grep -v 'upload-certs' )
+        rm /tmp/kotsadm-cert-key
+
+        if [ "$AIRGAP" = "1" ]; then
+            local command=
+            command=$(printf "cat ./tasks.sh | sudo bash -s weave-to-flannel-primary airgap cert-key=%s" "$cert_key")
+
+            for nodeName in $other_master_nodes; do
+                echo "$command" > "$DIR/remotes/$nodeName"
+            done
+
+            printf "\n\t${GREEN}%s${NC}\n\n" "$command"
+        else
+            local prefix=
+            prefix="$(build_installer_prefix "${INSTALLER_ID}" "${KURL_VERSION}" "${KURL_URL}" "${PROXY_ADDRESS}" "${PROXY_HTTPS_ADDRESS}")"
+
+            local command=
+            command=$(printf "%stasks.sh | sudo bash -s weave-to-flannel-primary cert-key=%s" "$prefix" "$cert_key")
+
+            for nodeName in $other_master_nodes; do
+                echo "$command" > "$DIR/remotes/$nodeName"
+            done
+
+            printf "\n\t${GREEN}%s${NC}\n\n" "$command"
+        fi
+
+        printf "${YELLOW}Once this has been run on all nodes, press enter to continue.${NC}"
+        if [ "$ASSUME_YES" = "1" ]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "The 'yes' flag has been passed, so we will wait for 5 minutes here for this to run on remote nodes"
+            sleep 300
+        else
+            prompt
+        fi
+
+        logSuccess "User confirmation about nodes execution."
+        log "Deleting Pods from kube-flannel"
+        kubectl -n kube-flannel delete pods --all
+    fi
+
+    local worker_node_count=
+    worker_node_count=$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers --selector='!node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane' | wc -l)
+    local worker_node_names=
+    worker_node_names=$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers --selector='!node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane' -o custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name)
+    if [ "$worker_node_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+        logStep "Required to remove Weave from Nodes"
+
+        printf "${YELLOW}Moving from Weave to Flannel requires removing certain weave files and restarting kubelet.${NC}\n"
+        printf "${YELLOW}Please run the following command on each of the listed secondary nodes:${NC}\n\n"
+        printf "${worker_node_names}\n"
+
+        if [ "$AIRGAP" = "1" ]; then
+            local command=
+            command="cat ./tasks.sh | sudo bash -s weave-to-flannel-secondary airgap"
+
+            for nodeName in $worker_node_names; do
+                echo "$command" > "$DIR/remotes/$nodeName"
+            done
+
+            printf "\n\t${GREEN}%s${NC}\n\n" "$command"
+        else
+            local prefix=
+            prefix="$(build_installer_prefix "${INSTALLER_ID}" "${KURL_VERSION}" "${KURL_URL}" "${PROXY_ADDRESS}" "${PROXY_HTTPS_ADDRESS}")"
+
+            local command=
+            command=$(printf "%stasks.sh | sudo bash -s weave-to-flannel-secondary" "$prefix")
+
+            for nodeName in $worker_node_names; do
+                echo "$command" > "$DIR/remotes/$nodeName"
+            done
+
+            printf "\n\t${GREEN}%s${NC}\n\n" "$command"
+        fi
+
+        printf "${YELLOW}Once this has been run on all nodes, press enter to continue.${NC}"
+        if [ "$ASSUME_YES" = "1" ]; then
+            echo "The 'yes' flag has been passed, so we will wait for 5 minutes here for this to run on remote nodes"
+            sleep 300
+        else
+            prompt
+        fi
+
+        kubectl -n kube-flannel delete pods --all
+    fi
+
+    log "Waiting for kube-flannel-ds to become healthy in kube-flannel"
+    if ! spinner_until 240 daemonset_fully_updated "kube-flannel" "kube-flannel-ds"; then
+       logWarn "Unable to fully update Kube Flannel daemonset"
+    fi
+
+    logStep "Restarting kubelet"
+    log "Stopping Kubelet"
+    systemctl stop kubelet
+    restart_systemd_and_wait containerd
+    log "Waiting for kubelet to restart"
+    restart_systemd_and_wait kubelet
+
+    logStep "Restarting pods in kube-system"
+    log "it may take several minutes to delete all pods"
+    kubectl -n kube-system delete pods --all
+
+    logStep "Restarting pods in kube-flannel"
+    kubectl -n kube-flannel delete pods --all
+    flannel_ready_spinner
+
+    logStep "Restarting CSI pods"
+    kubectl -n longhorn-system delete pods --all || true
+    kubectl -n rook-ceph delete pods --all || true
+    kubectl -n openebs delete pods --all || true
+
+    sleep 60
+    logStep "Restarting all other pods"
+    echo "this may take several minutes"
+    local ns=
+    for ns in $(kubectl get ns -o name | grep -Ev '(kube-system|longhorn-system|rook-ceph|openebs|kube-flannel)' | cut -f2 -d'/'); do
+        kubectl delete pods -n "$ns" --all
+    done
+
+    sleep 60
+
+    logStep "Scale up services"
+    flannel_scale_up_ekco
+    flannel_scale_up_prometheus
+    flannel_scale_up_rook
+    logSuccess "Services scaled up successfully"
+
+    # delete the configmap that was used to signalize the weave to flannel migration start.
+    kubectl delete configmap -n kurl migration-from-weave
+    logSuccess "Migration from Weave to Flannel finished"
+}
+
+# weave_flush_iptables removes all weave related iptables rules from the node.
+# existing rules that do not refer to weave or kubernetes are preserved.
+function weave_flush_iptables() {
+    # save all rules that do not mention kube or weave.
+    local fpath
+    fpath=$(mktemp /tmp/kurl-iptables-rules-XXXX)
+    iptables-save | grep -v KUBE | grep -v WEAVE > "$fpath"
+    # temporarily change the INPUT chain policy so we don't loose access to the machine
+    # and then hammer everything out of existence.
+    iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
+    iptables -t nat -F && iptables -t mangle -F && iptables -F && iptables -X
+    # restore the rules that were not removed.
+    iptables-restore < "$fpath"
+    rm -f "$fpath"
+}
+
+function remove_weave() {
+    logStep "Removing Weave to install Flannel"
+    local resources=("daemonset.apps/weave-net"
+                     "rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/weave-net"
+                     "role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/weave-net"
+                     "clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/weave-net"
+                     "clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/weave-net"
+                     "serviceaccount/weave-net"
+                     "secret/weave-passwd")
+
+    # Seems that we need to delete first the daemonset
+    log "Remove weave resources"
+    if ! timeout 60 kubectl delete daemonset.apps/weave-net -n kube-system --ignore-not-found 1>/dev/null; then
+         logWarn "Timeout occurred while delete  daemonset.apps/weave-net"
+    fi
+
+    # Check if resource exists before deleting it
+    for resource in "${resources[@]}"; do
+        if kubectl -n kube-system get "$resource" &> /dev/null; then
+            if ! timeout 60 kubectl -n kube-system delete "$resource" --ignore-not-found &> /dev/null; then
+                logWarn "Timeout occurred while deleting weave resources"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if ! timeout 60 kubectl delete pods -n kube-system -l name=weave-net --ignore-not-found &> /dev/null; then
+        logWarn "Timeout occurred while deleting weave Pods. Attempting force deletion."
+        if ! timeout 60 kubectl delete pods -n kube-system -l name=weave-net --force --grace-period=0 1>/dev/null; then
+             logWarn "Timeout occurred while force Weave Pods deletion"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    log "Delete the weave network interface, if it exists"
+    if ip link show weave > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        ip link delete weave
+    fi
+
+    rm -rf /var/lib/weave
+    rm -rf /etc/cni/net.d/*weave*
+    rm -rf /opt/cni/bin/weave*
+
+    logStep "Verifying Weave removal"
+    for resource in "${resources[@]}"; do
+        if kubectl -n kube-system get "$resource" &> /dev/null; then
+            logWarn "Resource: $resource still exists. Attempting force deletion."
+            if ! timeout 30 kubectl -n kube-system delete "$resource" --force --grace-period=0 1>/dev/null; then
+                logWarn "Timeout occurred while force deleting resource: $resource"
+            fi
+            echo "waiting 30 seconds to check removal"
+            sleep 30
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l name=weave-net 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
+        logWarn "Forcing deletion of Weave Pods"
+        if ! timeout 60 kubectl delete pods -n kube-system -l name=weave-net --force 1>/dev/null; then
+             logWarn "Timeout occurred while force Weave Pods deletion"
+        fi
+        echo "waiting 30 seconds to check removal"
+        sleep 30
+    fi
+
+    for resource in "${resources[@]}"; do
+        if kubectl -n kube-system get "$resource" &> /dev/null; then
+            bail "Unable to remove Weave resources to move with the migration"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l name=weave-net 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
+        bail "Weave pods still exist. Unable to proceed with the migration."
+    fi
+
+    logSuccess "Weave has been successfully removed."
+}
+
+function flannel_kubeadm() {
+    logStep "Updating kubeadm to use Flannel"
+    # search for 'serviceSubnet', add podSubnet above it
+    local pod_cidr_range_line=
+    pod_cidr_range_line="  podSubnet: ${POD_CIDR}"
+    if grep -q 'podSubnet:' "$KUBEADM_CONF_FILE" ; then
+        sed -i "s_  podSubnet:.*_${pod_cidr_range_line}_" "$KUBEADM_CONF_FILE"
+    else
+        sed -i "/serviceSubnet/ s/.*/${pod_cidr_range_line}\n&/" "$KUBEADM_CONF_FILE"
+    fi
+
+    kubeadm init phase upload-config kubeadm --config="$KUBEADM_CONF_FILE"
+    kubeadm init phase control-plane controller-manager --config="$KUBEADM_CONF_FILE"
+    logSuccess "Kubeadm updated successfully"
+}
+
+function flannel_already_applied() {
+    # We will remove the flannel pods to let it be re-created
+    # in order to workaround the issue scenario described in
+    # https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/issues/1721
+    if [ "$KUBERNETES_UPGRADE" == "1" ]; then
+       log "Restarting kube-flannel pods"
+       kubectl rollout restart --namespace=kube-flannel daemonset/kube-flannel-ds
+    fi
+
+    flannel_ready_spinner
+    check_network
+}
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/kubeadm.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/kubeadm.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fa4ffb370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/kubeadm.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta2
+kind: ClusterConfiguration
+metadata:
+  name: kubeadm-cluster-configuration
+networking:
+  podSubnet: $POD_CIDR
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/iface.patch.tmpl.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/iface.patch.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9db5c5d4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/iface.patch.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- op: add
+  path: "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-"
+  value: "--iface=$FLANNEL_IFACE"
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/ipv6.patch.tmpl.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/ipv6.patch.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d511be233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/ipv6.patch.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: kube-flannel-ds
+  namespace: kube-flannel
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: kube-flannel
+        env:
+        - name: FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV6
+          value: "$FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV6"
+        - name: FLANNEL_IPV6_NETWORK
+          value: "$POD_CIDR_IPV6"
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/kube-flannel-cfg.patch.tmpl.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/kube-flannel-cfg.patch.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e16d78133a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/template/kube-flannel-cfg.patch.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+kind: ConfigMap
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: kube-flannel-cfg
+  namespace: kube-flannel
+data:
+  net-conf.json: |
+    {
+      "Network": "$POD_CIDR",
+      "EnableIPv4": $FLANNEL_ENABLE_IPV4,
+      "Backend": {
+        "Type": "$FLANNEL_BACKEND"
+      }
+    }
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/kube-flannel.yml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/kube-flannel.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d05b24fcbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/kube-flannel.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+---
+kind: Namespace
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: kube-flannel
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: flannel
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
+---
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: flannel
+  name: flannel
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - nodes
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - nodes/status
+  verbs:
+  - patch
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: flannel
+  name: flannel
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: flannel
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: flannel
+  namespace: kube-flannel
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: flannel
+  name: flannel
+  namespace: kube-flannel
+---
+kind: ConfigMap
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: kube-flannel-cfg
+  namespace: kube-flannel
+  labels:
+    tier: node
+    k8s-app: flannel
+    app: flannel
+data:
+  cni-conf.json: |
+    {
+      "name": "cbr0",
+      "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
+      "plugins": [
+        {
+          "type": "flannel",
+          "delegate": {
+            "hairpinMode": true,
+            "isDefaultGateway": true
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "portmap",
+          "capabilities": {
+            "portMappings": true
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  net-conf.json: |
+    {
+      "Network": "10.244.0.0/16",
+      "EnableNFTables": false,
+      "Backend": {
+        "Type": "vxlan"
+      }
+    }
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: kube-flannel-ds
+  namespace: kube-flannel
+  labels:
+    tier: node
+    app: flannel
+    k8s-app: flannel
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: flannel
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        tier: node
+        app: flannel
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+            - matchExpressions:
+              - key: kubernetes.io/os
+                operator: In
+                values:
+                - linux
+      hostNetwork: true
+      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
+      tolerations:
+      - operator: Exists
+        effect: NoSchedule
+      serviceAccountName: flannel
+      initContainers:
+      - name: install-cni-plugin
+        image: docker.io/flannel/flannel-cni-plugin:v1.5.1-flannel2
+        command:
+        - cp
+        args:
+        - -f
+        - /flannel
+        - /opt/cni/bin/flannel
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: cni-plugin
+          mountPath: /opt/cni/bin
+      - name: install-cni
+        image: docker.io/flannel/flannel:v0.26.1
+        command:
+        - cp
+        args:
+        - -f
+        - /etc/kube-flannel/cni-conf.json
+        - /etc/cni/net.d/10-flannel.conflist
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: cni
+          mountPath: /etc/cni/net.d
+        - name: flannel-cfg
+          mountPath: /etc/kube-flannel/
+      containers:
+      - name: kube-flannel
+        image: docker.io/flannel/flannel:v0.26.1
+        command:
+        - /opt/bin/flanneld
+        args:
+        - --ip-masq
+        - --kube-subnet-mgr
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: "100m"
+            memory: "50Mi"
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: false
+          capabilities:
+            add: ["NET_ADMIN", "NET_RAW"]
+        env:
+        - name: POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: EVENT_QUEUE_DEPTH
+          value: "5000"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: run
+          mountPath: /run/flannel
+        - name: flannel-cfg
+          mountPath: /etc/kube-flannel/
+        - name: xtables-lock
+          mountPath: /run/xtables.lock
+      volumes:
+      - name: run
+        hostPath:
+          path: /run/flannel
+      - name: cni-plugin
+        hostPath:
+          path: /opt/cni/bin
+      - name: cni
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc/cni/net.d
+      - name: flannel-cfg
+        configMap:
+          name: kube-flannel-cfg
+      - name: xtables-lock
+        hostPath:
+          path: /run/xtables.lock
+          type: FileOrCreate
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/kustomization.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edf06c868f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+resources:
+  - kube-flannel.yml
+  - troubleshoot.yaml
+
+patches:
+  - path: kube-flannel-cfg.patch.yaml
diff --git a/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/troubleshoot.yaml b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/troubleshoot.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b048fb6630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/flannel/0.26.1/yaml/troubleshoot.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: flannel-troubleshoot-spec
+  labels:
+    troubleshoot.io/kind: support-bundle
+stringData:
+  support-bundle-spec: |
+    apiVersion: troubleshoot.sh/v1beta2
+    kind: SupportBundle
+    metadata:
+      name: flannel
+    spec:
+
+      collectors:
+        - logs:
+            collectorName: kube-flannel
+            selector:
+              - app=flannel
+            namespace: kube-flannel
+            name: kots/kurl/flannel
+
+      analyzers:
+        - textAnalyze:
+            checkName: "Flannel: can read net-conf.json"
+            ignoreIfNoFiles: true
+            fileName: kots/kurl/flannel/kube-flannel-ds-*/kube-flannel.log
+            outcomes:
+              - fail:
+                  when: "true"
+                  message: "failed to read net-conf.json"
+              - pass:
+                  when: "false"
+                  message: "can read net-conf.json"
+            regex: 'failed to read net conf'
+        - textAnalyze:
+            checkName: "Flannel: net-conf.json properly formatted"
+            ignoreIfNoFiles: true
+            fileName: kots/kurl/flannel/kube-flannel-ds-*/kube-flannel.log
+            outcomes:
+              - fail:
+                  when: "true"
+                  message: "malformed net-conf.json"
+              - pass:
+                  when: "false"
+                  message: "properly formatted net-conf.json"
+            regex: 'error parsing subnet config'
+        - textAnalyze:
+            checkName: "Flannel: has access"
+            ignoreIfNoFiles: true
+            fileName: kots/kurl/flannel/kube-flannel-ds-*/kube-flannel.log
+            outcomes:
+              - fail:
+                  when: "true"
+                  message: "RBAC error"
+              - pass:
+                  when: "false"
+                  message: "has access"
+            regex: 'the server does not allow access to the requested resource'
diff --git a/web/src/installers/versions.js b/web/src/installers/versions.js
index 9bb2197458..b511f27886 100644
--- a/web/src/installers/versions.js
+++ b/web/src/installers/versions.js
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ module.exports.InstallerVersions = {
   ],
   flannel: [
     // cron-flannel-update
+    "0.26.1",
     "0.26.0",
     "0.25.7",
     "0.25.6",