diff --git a/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/master/daemonset.yaml b/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/master/daemonset.yaml
index c968672326..a99c3adee8 100644
--- a/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/master/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/master/daemonset.yaml
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ spec:
             --db-nb-cluster-local-proto=tcp \
             --no-monitor"
 
+          rm -f /run/ovn/ovnnb_db.sock
+
           echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting nbdb"
 
           exec /usr/share/ovn/scripts/ovn-ctl \
@@ -286,6 +288,8 @@ spec:
             --db-sb-cluster-local-proto=tcp \
             --no-monitor"
 
+          rm -f /run/ovn/ovnsb_db.sock
+
           echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting sbdb "
           exec /usr/share/ovn/scripts/ovn-ctl \
             ${OVN_ARGS} \
@@ -376,7 +380,8 @@ spec:
 
           echo "I$(date "+%m%d %H:%M:%S.%N") - ovnkube-master - start ovnkube --init-master ${K8S_NODE}"
           exec /usr/bin/ovnkube \
-            --init-master "${K8S_NODE}" \
+            --init-cluster-manager "${K8S_NODE}" \
+            --init-ovnkube-controller "${K8S_NODE}" \
             --nb-address "{{.OVN_NB_DB_LIST}}" \
             --sb-address "{{.OVN_SB_DB_LIST}}" \
             --config-file=/run/ovnkube-config/ovnkube.conf \
diff --git a/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml b/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml
index 5c76589d34..af2cc5d3bf 100644
--- a/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ spec:
           # K8S_NODE_IP triggers reconcilation of this daemon when node IP changes
           echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting ovn-controller, Node: ${K8S_NODE} IP: ${K8S_NODE_IP}"
 
+          # Wait for the SBDB unix socket to appear. The sbdb container
+          # removes stale sockets and creates fresh ones on startup.
+          # Connecting to a stale socket would cause ovn-controller to
+          # cache a raft commit index higher than the fresh SBDB's.
+          echo "Waiting for SBDB socket..."
+          while [ ! -S /run/ovn/ovnsb_db.sock ]; do sleep 1; done
+          echo "SBDB socket ready"
+
           exec ovn-controller unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock -vfile:off \
             --no-chdir --pidfile=/var/run/ovn/ovn-controller.pid \
             --syslog-method="null" \
diff --git a/assets/components/ovn/single-node/master/daemonset.yaml b/assets/components/ovn/single-node/master/daemonset.yaml
index 2d698042a3..a437759683 100644
--- a/assets/components/ovn/single-node/master/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/components/ovn/single-node/master/daemonset.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ spec:
           ovn_db_file="/etc/ovn/ovn${db}_db.db"
           OVN_ARGS="--db-nb-cluster-local-port=9643 --no-monitor"
 
+          rm -f /run/ovn/ovnnb_db.sock
+
           echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting nbdb"
           exec /usr/share/ovn/scripts/ovn-ctl \
             ${OVN_ARGS} \
@@ -251,6 +253,8 @@ spec:
 
           OVN_ARGS="--db-sb-cluster-local-port=9644 --no-monitor"
 
+          rm -f /run/ovn/ovnsb_db.sock
+
           echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting sbdb "
           exec /usr/share/ovn/scripts/ovn-ctl \
             ${OVN_ARGS} \
@@ -337,7 +341,8 @@ spec:
 
           echo "I$(date "+%m%d %H:%M:%S.%N") - ovnkube-master - start ovnkube --init-master ${K8S_NODE} --init-node ${K8S_NODE}"
           exec /usr/bin/ovnkube \
-            --init-master "${K8S_NODE}" \
+            --init-cluster-manager "${K8S_NODE}" \
+            --init-ovnkube-controller "${K8S_NODE}" \
             --init-node "${K8S_NODE}" \
             --allow-no-uplink \
             --config-file=/run/ovnkube-config/ovnkube.conf \
diff --git a/assets/components/ovn/single-node/node/daemonset.yaml b/assets/components/ovn/single-node/node/daemonset.yaml
index 7e7cf95137..1db2968896 100644
--- a/assets/components/ovn/single-node/node/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/components/ovn/single-node/node/daemonset.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ spec:
           # K8S_NODE_IP triggers reconcilation of this daemon when node IP changes
           echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting ovn-controller, Node: ${K8S_NODE} IP: ${K8S_NODE_IP}"
 
+          # Wait for the SBDB unix socket to appear. The sbdb container
+          # removes stale sockets and creates fresh ones on startup.
+          # Connecting to a stale socket would cause ovn-controller to
+          # cache a raft commit index higher than the fresh SBDB's.
+          echo "Waiting for SBDB socket..."
+          while [ ! -S /run/ovn/ovnsb_db.sock ]; do sleep 1; done
+          echo "SBDB socket ready"
+
           exec ovn-controller unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock -vfile:off \
             --no-chdir --pidfile=/var/run/ovn/ovn-controller.pid \
             --syslog-method="null" \