diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/kcp-ipv6.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/kcp-ipv6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c20def8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/kcp-ipv6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+kind: KubeadmControlPlane
+apiVersion: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+metadata:
+  name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
+spec:
+  kubeadmConfigSpec:
+    clusterConfiguration:
+      apiServer:
+        certSANs: [localhost, "::", "::1", host.docker.internal]
+    initConfiguration:
+      localAPIEndpoint:
+        advertiseAddress: '::'
+        bindPort: 6443
+      nodeRegistration:
+        kubeletExtraArgs:
+          node-ip: "::"
+    joinConfiguration:
+      nodeRegistration:
+        kubeletExtraArgs:
+          node-ip: "::"
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/kustomization.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a233e731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+bases:
+  - ../bases/cluster-with-kcp.yaml
+  - ../bases/md.yaml
+  - ../bases/crs.yaml
+
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - ./md-ipv6.yaml
+  - ./kcp-ipv6.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/md-ipv6.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/md-ipv6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..715888fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-gcp/cluster-template-ipv6/v1beta1/md-ipv6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+apiVersion: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+metadata:
+  name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0"
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      initConfiguration:
+        nodeRegistration:
+          kubeletExtraArgs:
+            node-ip: "::"
+      joinConfiguration:
+        nodeRegistration:
+          kubeletExtraArgs:
+            node-ip: "::"
diff --git a/test/e2e/suite_test.go b/test/e2e/suite_test.go
index 24dd2c935..4ade16cb2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/suite_test.go
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func setupBootstrapCluster(config *clusterctl.E2EConfig, scheme *runtime.Scheme,
 			Name:               config.ManagementClusterName,
 			RequiresDockerSock: config.HasDockerProvider(),
 			Images:             config.Images,
+			IPFamily:           config.GetVariable(IPFamily),
 		})
 		Expect(clusterProvider).ToNot(BeNil(), "Failed to create a bootstrap cluster")