diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.lock b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.lock
index ee64bff82..afcde5d29 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.lock
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: cilium
   repository: https://helm.cilium.io/
-  version: 1.19.3
-digest: sha256:0fb32249f6ab7d68568a1e44796a8ee1ee5da2294b29a9c720153db8f055888b
-generated: "2026-05-10T16:57:28.745-05:00"
+  version: 1.18.9
+digest: sha256:f7d127bed9b2c9154f25ffdc36ef7477ac8c8b12aeb92c5f4c20be5abd49ec11
+generated: "2026-05-10T19:25:36.71023-05:00"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.yaml
index 10f3dfd4c..d7fb06d1a 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ maintainers:
   - name: alexlebens
 dependencies:
   - name: cilium
-    version: 1.19.3
+    version: 1.18.9
     repository: https://helm.cilium.io/
 icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons/png/cilium.png
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=cilium/cilium
-appVersion: 1.19.3
+appVersion: 1.18.9
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/templates/cilium-load-balancer-ip-pool.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/templates/cilium-load-balancer-ip-pool.yaml
index 1576eb0b1..f75f50ce0 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/templates/cilium-load-balancer-ip-pool.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/templates/cilium-load-balancer-ip-pool.yaml
@@ -10,18 +10,3 @@ spec:
   blocks:
     - start: "10.232.1.21"
       stop: "10.232.1.23"
-
----
-apiVersion: cilium.io/v2
-kind: CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool
-metadata:
-  name: bgp-ip-pool
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: bgp-ip-pool
-    {{- include "custom.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  blocks:
-    - start: "10.232.2.100"
-      stop: "10.232.2.200"
-  disabled: true
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/values.yaml
index 748458730..8bcd5a7a3 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/cilium/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 cilium:
-  upgradeCompatibility: "1.19"
   k8sServiceHost: "localhost"
   k8sServicePort: "7445"
   k8sClientRateLimit:
@@ -28,13 +27,12 @@ cilium:
         - SYS_RESOURCE
   bpf:
     hostLegacyRouting: true
+    masquerade: false
   devices: end0 enp6s0
   ciliumEndpointSlice:
     enabled: true
   gatewayAPI:
-    enabled: true
-    enableAppProtocol: true
-    enableAlpn: true
+    enabled: false
   socketLB:
     enabled: true
     hostNamespaceOnly: true