diff --git a/dist/images/install-pre-1.16.sh b/dist/images/install-pre-1.16.sh
index 2821e2961ce..4245353fd0a 100644
--- a/dist/images/install-pre-1.16.sh
+++ b/dist/images/install-pre-1.16.sh
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: '$NETWORK_TYPE'
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -1154,6 +1156,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: '$NETWORK_TYPE'
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
diff --git a/dist/images/install.sh b/dist/images/install.sh
index 93dc8e36fa2..48890cd92f9 100755
--- a/dist/images/install.sh
+++ b/dist/images/install.sh
@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: '$NETWORK_TYPE'
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -1196,6 +1198,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: '$NETWORK_TYPE'
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
diff --git a/yamls/ovn-dpdk.yaml b/yamls/ovn-dpdk.yaml
index 197c8ad54c0..2c08bb0c457 100644
--- a/yamls/ovn-dpdk.yaml
+++ b/yamls/ovn-dpdk.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
-
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: geneve
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
diff --git a/yamls/ovn-ha.yaml b/yamls/ovn-ha.yaml
index b13707f1134..67971c5734a 100644
--- a/yamls/ovn-ha.yaml
+++ b/yamls/ovn-ha.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: geneve
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
diff --git a/yamls/ovn.yaml b/yamls/ovn.yaml
index 8ba5225405b..b7100de8042 100644
--- a/yamls/ovn.yaml
+++ b/yamls/ovn.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: ovn-config
   namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  defaultNetworkType: geneve
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount