diff --git a/pkg/clients/eks/eks.go b/pkg/clients/eks/eks.go
index c8fa07aea8..85c5792d5a 100644
--- a/pkg/clients/eks/eks.go
+++ b/pkg/clients/eks/eks.go
@@ -339,6 +339,13 @@ func LateInitialize(in *v1beta1.ClusterParameters, cluster *ekstypes.Cluster) {
 			in.ResourcesVpcConfig.SubnetIDs = cluster.ResourcesVpcConfig.SubnetIds
 		}
 	}
+	if in.KubernetesNetworkConfig == nil && cluster.KubernetesNetworkConfig != nil {
+		in.KubernetesNetworkConfig = &v1beta1.KubernetesNetworkConfigRequest{
+			ServiceIpv4Cidr: pointer.StringValue(cluster.KubernetesNetworkConfig.ServiceIpv4Cidr),
+			IPFamily:        v1beta1.IPFamily(cluster.KubernetesNetworkConfig.IpFamily),
+		}
+	}
+
 	in.RoleArn = pointer.LateInitializeValueFromPtr(in.RoleArn, cluster.RoleArn)
 	in.Version = pointer.LateInitialize(in.Version, cluster.Version)
 	// NOTE(hasheddan): we always will set the default Crossplane tags in
diff --git a/pkg/clients/eks/eks_test.go b/pkg/clients/eks/eks_test.go
index 42f1f234e1..b744df29a8 100644
--- a/pkg/clients/eks/eks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/clients/eks/eks_test.go
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ func TestGenerateObservation(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLateInitialize(t *testing.T) {
+	ServiceIpv4Cidr := "172.20.0.0/16"
+	Ipv4Family := "ipv4"
 	cases := map[string]struct {
 		parameters *v1beta1.ClusterParameters
 		cluster    *ekstypes.Cluster
@@ -517,6 +519,10 @@ func TestLateInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 					SecurityGroupIds:      []string{"cool-sg-1"},
 					SubnetIds:             []string{"cool-subnet"},
 				},
+				KubernetesNetworkConfig: &ekstypes.KubernetesNetworkConfigResponse{
+					IpFamily:        ekstypes.IpFamily(Ipv4Family),
+					ServiceIpv4Cidr: &ServiceIpv4Cidr,
+				},
 				RoleArn: &roleArn,
 				Tags:    map[string]string{"key": "val"},
 				Version: &version,
@@ -547,6 +553,10 @@ func TestLateInitialize(t *testing.T) {
 					SecurityGroupIDs:      []string{"cool-sg-1"},
 					SubnetIDs:             []string{"cool-subnet"},
 				},
+				KubernetesNetworkConfig: &v1beta1.KubernetesNetworkConfigRequest{
+					ServiceIpv4Cidr: ServiceIpv4Cidr,
+					IPFamily:        v1beta1.IPFamily(Ipv4Family),
+				},
 				RoleArn: roleArn,
 				Tags:    map[string]string{"key": "val"},
 				Version: &version,