diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services.go b/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services.go
index 90ab2c882..4949db80a 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services.go
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services.go
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ func (esr *egressSvcsReconciler) clusterIPSvcForEgress(crl map[string]string) *c
 			Labels:       crl,
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
-			Type: corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
+			Type:           corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
+			IPFamilyPolicy: new(corev1.IPFamilyPolicyPreferDualStack),
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services_test.go b/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services_test.go
index d38284690..8443a1573 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services_test.go
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/egress-services_test.go
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ func clusterIPSvc(name string, extNSvc *corev1.Service) *corev1.Service {
 			Labels:       labels,
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
-			Type:  corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
-			Ports: ports,
+			Type:           corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
+			IPFamilyPolicy: new(corev1.IPFamilyPolicyPreferDualStack),
+			Ports:          ports,
 		},
 	}
 }