diff --git a/inventory/deploy-cluster/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/deploy-cluster/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index 5dd07f3f223..e6e5ca70042 100644
--- a/inventory/deploy-cluster/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/deploy-cluster/group_vars/k8s-cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ kube_apiserver_insecure_port: 0  # (disabled)
 
 # Kube-proxy proxyMode configuration.
 # Can be ipvs, iptables
-kube_proxy_mode: ipvs
+kube_proxy_mode: iptables
 
 # configure arp_ignore and arp_announce to avoid answering ARP queries from kube-ipvs0 interface
 # must be set to true for MetalLB to work