diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/app/hooks_bootstrap.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/app/hooks_bootstrap.go
index a87d19f5d..6d9dc3e40 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/app/hooks_bootstrap.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/app/hooks_bootstrap.go
@@ -506,12 +506,12 @@ func (a *App) onBootstrapControlPlane(ctx context.Context, s state.State, bootst
 // that the service IPv6 CIDR does not have a prefix length of 64 or more.
 func validateCIDROverlapAndSize(podCIDR string, serviceCIDR string) error {
 	// Parse the CIDRs
-	podIPv4CIDR, podIPv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(podCIDR)
+	podIPv4CIDR, podIPv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(podCIDR)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	svcIPv4CIDR, svcIPv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(serviceCIDR)
+	svcIPv4CIDR, svcIPv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(serviceCIDR)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ func validateCIDROverlapAndSize(podCIDR string, serviceCIDR string) error {
 
 	// Check CIDR size
 	// Ref: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/canonical-kubernetes/latest/snap/howto/networking/dualstack/#cidr-size-limitations
-	if svcIPv6CIDR != "" {
+	_, svcIPv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(serviceCIDR)
 		_, ipv6Net, err := net.ParseCIDR(svcIPv6CIDR)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Should not happen, as we already parsed the CIDR
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network.go
index 82e98c788..436b19319 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func ApplyNetwork(ctx context.Context, snap snap.Snap, cfg types.Network, annota
 	}
 
 	podIpPools := []map[string]any{}
-	ipv4PodCIDR, ipv6PodCIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
+	ipv4PodCIDR, ipv6PodCIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid pod cidr: %w", err)
 		return types.FeatureStatus{
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func ApplyNetwork(ctx context.Context, snap snap.Snap, cfg types.Network, annota
 	}
 
 	serviceCIDRs := []string{}
-	ipv4ServiceCIDR, ipv6ServiceCIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(cfg.GetServiceCIDR())
+	ipv4ServiceCIDR, ipv6ServiceCIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(cfg.GetServiceCIDR())
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid service cidr: %v", err)
 		return types.FeatureStatus{
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network_test.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network_test.go
index c0a324028..0024096bc 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network_test.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/calico/network_test.go
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ func TestEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 func validateValues(t *testing.T, values map[string]any, cfg types.Network) {
 	g := NewWithT(t)
 
-	podIPv4CIDR, podIPv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
+	podIPv4CIDR, podIPv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	svcIPv4CIDR, svcIPv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(cfg.GetServiceCIDR())
+	svcIPv4CIDR, svcIPv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(cfg.GetServiceCIDR())
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 	// calico network
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network.go
index 4418e8b1d..c3fd573ec 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func ApplyNetwork(ctx context.Context, snap snap.Snap, cfg types.Network, _ type
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	ipv4CIDR, ipv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
+	ipv4CIDR, ipv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid kube-proxy --cluster-cidr value: %v", err)
 		return types.FeatureStatus{
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network_test.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network_test.go
index 175cd95a0..3ceb408a8 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network_test.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/features/cilium/network_test.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func validateNetworkValues(t *testing.T, values map[string]any, cfg types.Networ
 	t.Helper()
 	g := NewWithT(t)
 
-	ipv4CIDR, ipv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
+	ipv4CIDR, ipv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(cfg.GetPodCIDR())
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 	bpfMount, err := utils.GetMountPath("bpf")
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr.go b/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr.go
index 4d969d7cf..ffe7bdfa3 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr.go
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ func ParseAddressString(address string, port int64) (string, error) {
 	return util.CanonicalNetworkAddress(address, port), nil
 }
 
-// ParseCIDRs parses the given CIDR string and returns the respective IPv4 and IPv6 CIDRs.
-func ParseCIDRs(CIDRstring string) (string, string, error) {
+// SplitCIDRStrings parses the given CIDR string and returns the respective IPv4 and IPv6 CIDRs.
+func SplitCIDRStrings(CIDRstring string) (string, string, error) {
 	clusterCIDRs := strings.Split(CIDRstring, ",")
 	if v := len(clusterCIDRs); v != 1 && v != 2 {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid CIDR list: %v", clusterCIDRs)
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr_test.go b/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr_test.go
index 1d0e9da96..5bb1aef23 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr_test.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/utils/cidr_test.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestParseCIDRs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.input, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ipv4CIDR, ipv6CIDR, err := utils.ParseCIDRs(tc.input)
+			ipv4CIDR, ipv6CIDR, err := utils.SplitCIDRStrings(tc.input)
 			if tc.expectedErr {
 				Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 			} else {