diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/kubernetes_engine.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/kubernetes_engine.py
index f8c9b7875c967..546eba1070635 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/kubernetes_engine.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/kubernetes_engine.py
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ def __init__(
         *,
         location: str,
         cluster_name: str,
-        use_internal_ip: bool | None = None,
+        use_internal_ip: bool = False,
         project_id: str | None = None,
         gcp_conn_id: str = "google_cloud_default",
         impersonation_chain: str | Sequence[str] | None = None,
@@ -433,15 +433,6 @@ def __init__(
             )
             is_delete_operator_pod = False
 
-        if use_internal_ip is not None:
-            warnings.warn(
-                f"You have set parameter use_internal_ip in class {self.__class__.__name__}. "
-                "In current implementation of the operator the parameter is not used and will "
-                "be deleted in future.",
-                AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
-            )
-
         if regional is not None:
             warnings.warn(
                 f"You have set parameter regional in class {self.__class__.__name__}. "
@@ -457,6 +448,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.cluster_name = cluster_name
         self.gcp_conn_id = gcp_conn_id
         self.impersonation_chain = impersonation_chain
+        self.use_internal_ip = use_internal_ip
 
         self.pod: V1Pod | None = None
         self._ssl_ca_cert: str | None = None
@@ -516,7 +508,10 @@ def fetch_cluster_info(self) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
             project_id=self.project_id,
         )
 
-        self._cluster_url = f"https://{cluster.endpoint}"
+        if not self.use_internal_ip:
+            self._cluster_url = f"https://{cluster.endpoint}"
+        else:
+            self._cluster_url = f"https://{cluster.private_cluster_config.private_endpoint}"
         self._ssl_ca_cert = cluster.master_auth.cluster_ca_certificate
         return self._cluster_url, self._ssl_ca_cert
 
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_kubernetes_engine.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_kubernetes_engine.py
index 6fa0184e88bf6..5d6acb196ad25 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_kubernetes_engine.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_kubernetes_engine.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 TEMP_FILE = "tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile"
 GKE_OP_PATH = "airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.kubernetes_engine.GKEStartPodOperator"
 CLUSTER_URL = "https://test-host"
+CLUSTER_PRIVATE_URL = "https://test-private-host"
 SSL_CA_CERT = "TEST_SSL_CA_CERT_CONTENT"
 
 
@@ -293,6 +294,31 @@ def test_execute_with_impersonation_service_chain_one_element(
 
         fetch_cluster_info_mock.assert_called_once()
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_internal_ip", [True, False])
+    @mock.patch(f"{GKE_HOOK_PATH}.get_cluster")
+    def test_cluster_info(self, get_cluster_mock, use_internal_ip):
+        get_cluster_mock.return_value = mock.MagicMock(
+            **{
+                "endpoint": "test-host",
+                "private_cluster_config.private_endpoint": "test-private-host",
+                "master_auth.cluster_ca_certificate": SSL_CA_CERT,
+            }
+        )
+        gke_op = GKEStartPodOperator(
+            project_id=TEST_GCP_PROJECT_ID,
+            location=PROJECT_LOCATION,
+            cluster_name=CLUSTER_NAME,
+            task_id=PROJECT_TASK_ID,
+            name=TASK_NAME,
+            namespace=NAMESPACE,
+            image=IMAGE,
+            use_internal_ip=use_internal_ip,
+        )
+        cluster_url, ssl_ca_cert = gke_op.fetch_cluster_info()
+
+        assert cluster_url == CLUSTER_PRIVATE_URL if use_internal_ip else CLUSTER_URL
+        assert ssl_ca_cert == SSL_CA_CERT
+
 
 class TestGKEPodOperatorAsync:
     def setup_method(self):