diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml
index 5a4c72d1ff..84a6da04d3 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         hypershift.openshift.io/release-image: {{.ReleaseImage}}
         target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: ovnkube-control-plane
       labels:
         app: ovnkube-control-plane
         component: network
diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml
index f7c3c084ae..bfd9d6f976 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/managed/ovnkube-node.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
         network.operator.openshift.io/ovnkube-script-lib-hash: "{{.OVNKubeConfigHash}}"
         # prevent blocks when node critical pods get evicted prior to workloads
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/enable-ds-eviction: "false"
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: ovnkube-controller
       labels:
         {{ if eq .OVN_NODE_MODE "dpu-host" }}
         app: ovnkube-node-dpu-host
diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml
index c49b3c0574..2152f293b3 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-control-plane.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: ovnkube-cluster-manager
       labels:
         app: ovnkube-control-plane
         component: network
diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml
index fd3076dbcf..d661e6d68d 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/self-hosted/ovnkube-node.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
         network.operator.openshift.io/ovnkube-script-lib-hash: "{{.OVNKubeConfigHash}}"
         # prevent blocks when node critical pods get evicted prior to workloads
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/enable-ds-eviction: "false"
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: ovnkube-controller
       labels:
         {{ if eq .OVN_NODE_MODE "dpu-host" }}
         app: ovnkube-node-dpu-host