diff --git a/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator.go b/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator.go
index d4b3bdd42f..aa8c9e89cd 100644
--- a/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator.go
+++ b/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func CRDStatusToNCRequest(crdStatus nnc.NodeNetworkConfigStatus) (cns.CreateNetw
 		ncRequest.SecondaryIPConfigs = make(map[string]cns.SecondaryIPConfig)
 		ncRequest.NetworkContainerid = nc.ID
 		ncRequest.NetworkContainerType = cns.Docker
+		ncRequest.Version = nc.Version
 
 		if ip = net.ParseIP(nc.PrimaryIP); ip == nil {
 			return ncRequest, fmt.Errorf("Invalid PrimaryIP %s:", nc.PrimaryIP)
diff --git a/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator_test.go b/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator_test.go
index 433d806da8..3153680915 100644
--- a/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator_test.go
+++ b/cns/requestcontroller/kubecontroller/crdtranslator_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const (
 	subnetAddressSpace = "10.0.0.0/24"
 	subnetPrefixLen    = 24
 	testSecIp1         = "10.0.0.2"
+	version            = "1"
 )
 
 func TestStatusToNCRequestMalformedPrimaryIP(t *testing.T) {
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ func TestStatusToNCRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 				SubnetName:         subnetName,
 				DefaultGateway:     defaultGateway,
 				SubnetAddressSpace: subnetAddressSpace,
+				Version:            version,
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go b/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go
index 7b36b90d36..34729ea25d 100644
--- a/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go
+++ b/nodenetworkconfig/api/v1alpha/nodenetworkconfig.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ type NetworkContainer struct {
 	IPAssignments      []IPAssignment `json:"iPAssignments,omitempty"`
 	DefaultGateway     string         `json:"defaultGateway,omitempty"`
 	SubnetAddressSpace string         `json:"subnetAddressSpace,omitempty"`
+	Version            string         `json:"version,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // IPAssignment groups an IP address and Name. Name is a UUID set by the the IP address assigner.
diff --git a/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml b/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml
index 908ad98d49..0cbeec4bbe 100644
--- a/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml
+++ b/nodenetworkconfig/manifests/acn.azure.com_nodenetworkconfigs.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ spec:
                     type: string
                   subnetName:
                     type: string
+                  version:
+                    type: string
                 type: object
               type: array
             scaler: