diff --git a/docs/CNI/cilium.md b/docs/CNI/cilium.md
index ad42f88bf..fed25ddb5 100644
--- a/docs/CNI/cilium.md
+++ b/docs/CNI/cilium.md
@@ -45,10 +45,144 @@ cilium_pool_mask_size Specifies the size allocated to node.ipam.podCIDRs from cl
 cilium_pool_mask_size_ipv6: "120"
 ```
 
+### IP Load Balancer Pools
+
+Cilium's IP Load Balancer Pools can be configured with the `cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools` variable:
+
+```yml
+cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools:
+  - name: "blue-pool"
+    cidrs:
+      - "10.0.10.0/24"
+```
+
+For further information, check [LB IPAM documentation](https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/network/lb-ipam/)
+
+### BGP Control Plane
+
+Cilium's BGP Control Plane can be enabled by setting `cilium_enable_bgp_control_plane` to `true`.:
+
+```yml
+cilium_enable_bgp_control_plane: true
+```
+
+For further information, check [BGP Peering Policy documentation](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/network/bgp-control-plane/bgp-control-plane-v1/)
+
+### BGP Control Plane Resources (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+
+Cilium BGP control plane is managed by a set of custom resources which provide a flexible way to configure BGP peers, policies, and advertisements.
+
+Cilium's BGP Instances can be configured with the `cilium_bgp_cluster_configs` variable:
+
+```yml
+cilium_bgp_cluster_configs:
+  - name: "cilium-bgp"
+    spec:
+      bgpInstances:
+      - name: "instance-64512"
+        localASN: 64512
+        peers:
+        - name: "peer-64512-tor1"
+          peerASN: 64512
+          peerAddress: '10.47.1.1'
+          peerConfigRef:
+            name: "cilium-peer"
+      nodeSelector:
+        matchExpressions:
+          - {key: somekey, operator: NotIn, values: ['never-used-value']}
+```
+
+Cillium's BGP Peers can be configured with the `cilium_bgp_peer_configs` variable:
+
+```yml
+cilium_bgp_peer_configs:
+  - name: cilium-peer
+    spec:
+      # authSecretRef: bgp-auth-secret
+      gracefulRestart:
+        enabled: true
+        restartTimeSeconds: 15
+      families:
+        - afi: ipv4
+          safi: unicast
+          advertisements:
+            matchLabels:
+              advertise: "bgp"
+        - afi: ipv6
+          safi: unicast
+          advertisements:
+            matchLabels:
+              advertise: "bgp"
+```
+
+Cillium's BGP Advertisements can be configured with the `cilium_bgp_advertisements` variable:
+
+```yml
+cilium_bgp_advertisements:
+  - name: bgp-advertisements
+    labels:
+      advertise: bgp
+    spec:
+      advertisements:
+        - advertisementType: "PodCIDR"
+          attributes:
+            communities:
+              standard: [ "64512:99" ]
+        - advertisementType: "Service"
+          service:
+            addresses:
+              - ClusterIP
+              - ExternalIP
+              - LoadBalancerIP
+          selector:
+            matchExpressions:
+                - {key: somekey, operator: NotIn, values: ['never-used-value']}
+```
+
+Cillium's BGP Node Config Overrides can be configured with the `cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides` variable:
+
+```yml
+cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides:
+  - name: bgpv2-cplane-dev-multi-homing-worker
+    spec:
+    bgpInstances:
+      - name: "instance-65000"
+        routerID: "192.168.10.1"
+        localPort: 1790
+        peers:
+          - name: "peer-65000-tor1"
+            localAddress: fd00:10:0:2::2
+          - name: "peer-65000-tor2"
+            localAddress: fd00:11:0:2::2
+```
+
+For further information, check [BGP Control Plane Resources documentation](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/network/bgp-control-plane/bgp-control-plane-v2/)
+
+### BGP Peering Policies (Legacy < v1.16)
+
+Cilium's BGP Peering Policies can be configured with the `cilium_bgp_peering_policies` variable:
+
+```yml
+cilium_bgp_peering_policies:
+  - name: "01-bgp-peering-policy"
+    spec:
+      virtualRouters:
+        - localASN: 64512
+          exportPodCIDR: false
+          neighbors:
+          - peerAddress: '10.47.1.1/24'
+            peerASN: 64512
+          serviceSelector:
+              matchExpressions:
+              - {key: somekey, operator: NotIn, values: ['never-used-value']}
+```
+
+For further information, check [BGP Peering Policy documentation](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/network/bgp-control-plane/bgp-control-plane-v1/#bgp-peering-policy-legacy)
+
 ## Kube-proxy replacement with Cilium
 
 Cilium can run without kube-proxy by setting `cilium_kube_proxy_replacement`
-to `strict`.
+to `strict` (< v1.16) or `true` (Cilium v1.16+ no longer accepts `strict`, however this is converted to `true` by kubespray when running v1.16+).
 
 Without kube-proxy, cilium needs to know the address of the kube-apiserver
 and this must be set globally for all Cilium components (agents and operators).
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-net-cilium.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-net-cilium.yml
index 8f94292da..a5dd77dad 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-net-cilium.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-net-cilium.yml
@@ -247,6 +247,101 @@ cilium_l2announcements: false
 # -- Enable native IP masquerade support in eBPF
 # cilium_enable_bpf_masquerade: false
 
+# -- Enable BGP Control Plane
+# cilium_enable_bgp_control_plane: false
+
+# -- Configure Loadbalancer IP Pools
+# cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools:
+#   - name: "blue-pool"
+#     cidrs:
+#       - "10.0.10.0/24"
+
+# -- Configure BGP Instances (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+# cilium_bgp_cluster_configs:
+#   - name: "cilium-bgp"
+#     spec:
+#       bgpInstances:
+#       - name: "instance-64512"
+#         localASN: 64512
+#         peers:
+#         - name: "peer-64512-tor1"
+#           peerASN: 64512
+#           peerAddress: '10.47.1.1'
+#           peerConfigRef:
+#             name: "cilium-peer"
+#       nodeSelector:
+#         matchExpressions:
+#           - {key: somekey, operator: NotIn, values: ['never-used-value']}
+
+# -- Configure BGP Peers (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+# cilium_bgp_peer_configs:
+#   - name: cilium-peer
+#     spec:
+#       # authSecretRef: bgp-auth-secret
+#       gracefulRestart:
+#         enabled: true
+#         restartTimeSeconds: 15
+#       families:
+#         - afi: ipv4
+#           safi: unicast
+#           advertisements:
+#             matchLabels:
+#               advertise: "bgp"
+#         - afi: ipv6
+#           safi: unicast
+#           advertisements:
+#             matchLabels:
+#               advertise: "bgp"
+
+# -- Configure BGP Advertisements (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+# cilium_bgp_advertisements:
+#   - name: bgp-advertisements
+#     labels:
+#       advertise: bgp
+#     spec:
+#       advertisements:
+#         # - advertisementType: "PodCIDR"
+#         #   attributes:
+#         #     communities:
+#         #       standard: [ "64512:99" ]
+#         - advertisementType: "Service"
+#           service:
+#             addresses:
+#               - ClusterIP
+#               - ExternalIP
+#               - LoadBalancerIP
+#           selector:
+#             matchExpressions:
+#                 - {key: somekey, operator: NotIn, values: ['never-used-value']}
+
+# -- Configure BGP Node Config Overrides (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+# cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides:
+#   - name: bgp-node-config-override
+#     spec:
+#     bgpInstances:
+#       - name: "instance-65000"
+#         routerID: "192.168.10.1"
+#         localPort: 1790
+#         peers:
+#           - name: "peer-65000-tor1"
+#             localAddress: fd00:10:0:2::2
+#           - name: "peer-65000-tor2"
+#             localAddress: fd00:11:0:2::2
+
+# -- Configure BGP Peers (Legacy v1.16+)
+# cilium_bgp_peering_policies:
+#   - name: "01-bgp-peering-policy"
+#     spec:
+#       virtualRouters:
+#         - localASN: 64512
+#           exportPodCIDR: false
+#           neighbors:
+#           - peerAddress: '10.47.1.1/24'
+#             peerASN: 64512
+#           serviceSelector:
+#               matchExpressions:
+#               - {key: somekey, operator: NotIn, values: ['never-used-value']}
+
 # -- Configure whether direct routing mode should route traffic via
 # host stack (true) or directly and more efficiently out of BPF (false) if
 # the kernel supports it. The latter has the implication that it will also
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
index fc978e7d2..04e3c9048 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ kubeadm_init_phases_skip_default: [ "addon/coredns" ]
 kubeadm_init_phases_skip: >-
   {%- if kube_network_plugin == 'kube-router' and (kube_router_run_service_proxy is defined and kube_router_run_service_proxy) -%}
   {{ kubeadm_init_phases_skip_default + ["addon/kube-proxy"] }}
-  {%- elif kube_network_plugin == 'cilium' and (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement is defined and cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict') -%}
+  {%- elif kube_network_plugin == 'cilium' and (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement is defined and (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict' or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | bool) or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | string | lower == 'true') )) -%}
   {{ kubeadm_init_phases_skip_default + ["addon/kube-proxy"] }}
   {%- elif kube_network_plugin == 'calico' and (calico_bpf_enabled is defined and calico_bpf_enabled) -%}
   {{ kubeadm_init_phases_skip_default + ["addon/kube-proxy"] }}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml
index c55bdddcf..9de2d331c 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/defaults/main.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ cilium_tunnel_mode: vxlan
 # LoadBalancer Mode (snat/dsr/hybrid) Ref: https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/network/kubernetes/kubeproxy-free/#dsr-mode
 cilium_loadbalancer_mode: snat
 
+# -- Configure Loadbalancer IP Pools
+cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools: []
+
 # Optional features
 cilium_enable_prometheus: false
 # Enable if you want to make use of hostPort mappings
@@ -277,6 +280,25 @@ cilium_monitor_aggregation_flags: "all"
 
 cilium_enable_bpf_clock_probe: true
 
+# -- Enable BGP Control Plane
+cilium_enable_bgp_control_plane: false
+
+
+# -- Configure BGP Instances (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+cilium_bgp_cluster_configs: []
+
+# -- Configure BGP Peers (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+cilium_bgp_peer_configs: []
+
+# -- Configure BGP Advertisements (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+cilium_bgp_advertisements: []
+
+# -- Configure BGP Node Config Overrides (New bgpv2 API v1.16+)
+cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides: []
+
+# -- Configure BGP Peers (Legacy < v1.16)
+cilium_bgp_peering_policies: []
+
 # -- Whether to enable CNP status updates.
 cilium_disable_cnp_status_updates: true
 
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/apply.yml b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/apply.yml
index 75868ba17..e63502f9b 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/apply.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/apply.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,219 @@
   when:
     - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0] and not item is skipped
     - cilium_enable_hubble and cilium_hubble_install
+
+- name: Cilium | Wait for CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool CRD to be present
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} wait --for condition=established --timeout=60s crd/ciliumloadbalancerippools.cilium.io"
+  register: cillium_lbippool_crd_ready
+  retries: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_count | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_delay_seconds | int }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools is defined and (cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Create CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool manifests
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.name }}/{{ item.file }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-loadbalancer-ip-pool.yml, type: CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_lbippool_crd_ready is defined and cillium_lbippool_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_lbippool_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools is defined and (cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Apply CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool from cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools
+  kube:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
+    resource: "{{ item.type }}"
+    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  loop:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-loadbalancer-ip-pool.yml, type: CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_lbippool_crd_ready is defined and cillium_lbippool_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_lbippool_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools is defined and (cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Wait for CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy CRD to be present
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} wait --for condition=established --timeout=60s crd/ciliumbgppeeringpolicies.cilium.io"
+  register: cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready
+  retries: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_count | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_delay_seconds | int }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_peering_policies is defined and (cilium_bgp_peering_policies|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Create CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy manifests
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.name }}/{{ item.file }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-peering-policy.yml, type: CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_peering_policies is defined and (cilium_bgp_peering_policies|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Apply CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy from cilium_bgp_peering_policies
+  kube:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
+    resource: "{{ item.type }}"
+    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  loop:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-peering-policy.yml, type: CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgpppolicy_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_peering_policies is defined and (cilium_bgp_peering_policies|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Wait for CiliumBGPClusterConfig CRD to be present
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} wait --for condition=established --timeout=60s crd/ciliumbgpclusterconfigs.cilium.io"
+  register: cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready
+  retries: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_count | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_delay_seconds | int }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_cluster_configs is defined and (cilium_bgp_cluster_configs|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Create CiliumBGPClusterConfig manifests
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.name }}/{{ item.file }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-cluster-config.yml, type: CiliumBGPClusterConfig}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_cluster_configs is defined and (cilium_bgp_cluster_configs|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Apply CiliumBGPClusterConfig from cilium_bgp_cluster_configs
+  kube:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
+    resource: "{{ item.type }}"
+    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  loop:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-cluster-config.yml, type: CiliumBGPClusterConfig}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgpcconfig_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_cluster_configs is defined and (cilium_bgp_cluster_configs|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Wait for CiliumBGPPeerConfig CRD to be present
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} wait --for condition=established --timeout=60s crd/ciliumbgppeerconfigs.cilium.io"
+  register: cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready
+  retries: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_count | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_delay_seconds | int }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_peer_configs is defined and (cilium_bgp_peer_configs|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Create CiliumBGPPeerConfig manifests
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.name }}/{{ item.file }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-peer-config.yml, type: CiliumBGPPeerConfig}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_peer_configs is defined and (cilium_bgp_peer_configs|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Apply CiliumBGPPeerConfig from cilium_bgp_peer_configs
+  kube:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
+    resource: "{{ item.type }}"
+    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  loop:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-peer-config.yml, type: CiliumBGPPeerConfig}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgppconfig_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_peer_configs is defined and (cilium_bgp_peer_configs|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Wait for CiliumBGPAdvertisement CRD to be present
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} wait --for condition=established --timeout=60s crd/ciliumbgpadvertisements.cilium.io"
+  register: cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready
+  retries: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_count | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_delay_seconds | int }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_advertisements is defined and (cilium_bgp_advertisements|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Create CiliumBGPAdvertisement manifests
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.name }}/{{ item.file }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-advertisement.yml, type: CiliumBGPAdvertisement}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_advertisements is defined and (cilium_bgp_advertisements|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Apply CiliumBGPAdvertisement from cilium_bgp_advertisements
+  kube:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
+    resource: "{{ item.type }}"
+    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  loop:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-advertisement.yml, type: CiliumBGPAdvertisement}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready is defined and cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready.rc is defined and cillium_bgpadvert_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_advertisements is defined and (cilium_bgp_advertisements|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Wait for CiliumBGPNodeConfigOverride CRD to be present
+  command: "{{ kubectl }} wait --for condition=established --timeout=60s crd/ciliumbgpnodeconfigoverrides.cilium.io"
+  register: cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready
+  retries: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_count | int }}"
+  delay: "{{ cilium_rolling_restart_wait_retries_delay_seconds | int }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_advertisements is defined and (cilium_bgp_advertisements|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Create CiliumBGPNodeConfigOverride manifests
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.name }}/{{ item.file }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  with_items:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-node-config-override.yml, type: CiliumBGPNodeConfigOverride}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready is defined and cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready.rc is defined and cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides is defined and (cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides|length>0)
+
+- name: Cilium | Apply CiliumBGPNodeConfigOverride from cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides
+  kube:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
+    resource: "{{ item.type }}"
+    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}-{{ item.file }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  loop:
+    - {name: cilium, file: cilium-bgp-node-config-override.yml, type: CiliumBGPNodeConfigOverride}
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
+    - cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready is defined and cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready.rc is defined and cilium_bgp_node_config_crd_ready.rc == 0
+    - cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides is defined and (cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides|length>0)
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/cr.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/cr.yml.j2
index 5bcc44dec..ff88b2034 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/cr.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/cr.yml.j2
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ rules:
   - ciliumbgppeerconfigs
   - ciliumbgpadvertisements
   - ciliumbgpnodeconfigs
+{% endif %}
+{% if cilium_version | regex_replace('v') is version('1.16', '>=') %}
+  - ciliumbgpclusterconfigs
+  - ciliumbgpclusterconfigs/status
+  - ciliumbgpnodeconfigoverrides
 {% endif %}
   verbs:
   - '*'
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/deploy.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/deploy.yml.j2
index 14189656f..421b908b6 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/deploy.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium-operator/deploy.yml.j2
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec:
                   name: cilium-aws
                   key: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
                   optional: true
-{% if cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict' %}
+{% if (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict') or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | bool) or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | string | lower == 'true') %}
             - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST
               value: "{{ kube_apiserver_global_endpoint | urlsplit('hostname') }}"
             - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-advertisement.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-advertisement.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f21f38111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-advertisement.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% for cilium_bgp_advertisement in cilium_bgp_advertisements %}
+---
+apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2alpha1"
+kind: CiliumBGPAdvertisement
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ cilium_bgp_advertisement.name }}"
+{% if cilium_bgp_advertisement.labels %}
+  labels: {{ cilium_bgp_advertisement.labels | to_yaml }}
+{% endif %}
+spec:
+  {{ cilium_bgp_advertisement.spec | to_yaml | indent(4) }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-cluster-config.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-cluster-config.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1de34727c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-cluster-config.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% for cilium_bgp_cluster_config in cilium_bgp_cluster_configs %}
+---
+apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2alpha1"
+kind: CiliumBGPClusterConfig
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ cilium_bgp_cluster_config.name }}"
+spec:
+  {{ cilium_bgp_cluster_config.spec | to_yaml | indent(2) }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-node-config-override.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-node-config-override.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e873cf56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-node-config-override.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% for cilium_bgp_node_config_override in cilium_bgp_node_config_overrides %}
+---
+apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2alpha1"
+kind: CiliumBGPNodeConfigOverride
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ cilium_bgp_node_config_override.name }}"
+spec:
+  {{ cilium_bgp_node_config_override.spec | to_yaml | indent(2) }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-peer-config.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-peer-config.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa137c9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-peer-config.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% for cilium_bgp_peer_config in cilium_bgp_peer_configs %}
+---
+apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2alpha1"
+kind: CiliumBGPPeerConfig
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ cilium_bgp_peer_config.name }}"
+spec:
+  {{ cilium_bgp_peer_config.spec | to_yaml | indent(2) }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-peering-policy.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-peering-policy.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc908627e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-bgp-peering-policy.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% for cilium_bgp_peering_policy in cilium_bgp_peering_policies %}
+---
+apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2alpha1"
+kind: CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ cilium_bgp_peering_policy.name }}"
+spec:
+  {{ cilium_bgp_peering_policy.spec | to_yaml | indent(2) }}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-loadbalancer-ip-pool.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-loadbalancer-ip-pool.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..827b2f3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cilium-loadbalancer-ip-pool.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% for cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pool in cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pools %}
+---
+apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2alpha1"
+kind: CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pool.name }}"
+spec:
+  blocks:
+{% for cblock in cilium_loadbalancer_ip_pool.cidrs %}
+  - cidr: "{{ cblock }}"
+{% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2
index 38f3baede..9cae26795 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/config.yml.j2
@@ -167,7 +167,14 @@ data:
   wait-bpf-mount: "false"
 {% endif %}
 
+# `kube-proxy-replacement=partial|strict|disabled` is deprecated since january 2024 and unsupported in 1.16.
+# Replaced by `kube-proxy-replacement=true|false`
+# https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/31286
+{% if cilium_version | regex_replace('v') is version('1.16', '<') %}
   kube-proxy-replacement: "{{ cilium_kube_proxy_replacement }}"
+{% else %}
+  kube-proxy-replacement: "{% if (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict') or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | bool) or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | string | lower == 'true') %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+{% endif %}
 
 # `native-routing-cidr` is deprecated in 1.10, removed in 1.12.
 # Replaced by `ipv4-native-routing-cidr`
@@ -267,6 +274,8 @@ data:
 
   enable-bpf-clock-probe: "{{ cilium_enable_bpf_clock_probe }}"
 
+  enable-bgp-control-plane: "{{ cilium_enable_bgp_control_plane }}"
+
   disable-cnp-status-updates: "{{ cilium_disable_cnp_status_updates }}"
 {% if cilium_ip_masq_agent_enable %}
 ---
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cr.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cr.yml.j2
index e32673ae9..fd3a4b7c2 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cr.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/cr.yml.j2
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ rules:
   - ciliumbgpnodeconfigs/status
   - ciliumbgpadvertisements
   - ciliumbgppeerconfigs
+{% endif %}
+{% if cilium_version | regex_replace('v') is version('1.16', '>=') %}
+  - ciliumbgpclusterconfigs
 {% endif %}
   verbs:
   - '*'
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ rules:
   - ciliumcidrgroups
   - ciliuml2announcementpolicies
   - ciliumpodippools
+  - ciliumloadbalancerippools
   - ciliuml2announcementpolicies/status
   verbs:
   - list
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/ds.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/ds.yml.j2
index 658f53bfe..fcbec8577 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/ds.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/templates/cilium/ds.yml.j2
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ spec:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         - name: CILIUM_CLUSTERMESH_CONFIG
           value: /var/lib/cilium/clustermesh/
-{% if cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict' %}
+{% if (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict') or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | bool) or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | string | lower == 'true') %}
         - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST
           value: "{{ kube_apiserver_global_endpoint | urlsplit('hostname') }}"
         - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ spec:
               name: cilium-config
               optional: true
 {% endif %}
-{% if cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict' %}
+{% if (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement == 'strict') or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | bool) or (cilium_kube_proxy_replacement | string | lower == 'true') %}
         - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST
           value: "{{ kube_apiserver_global_endpoint | urlsplit('hostname') }}"
         - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT