diff --git a/ovn/Chart.yaml b/ovn/Chart.yaml
index f99f0e23d..38c8fb519 100644
--- a/ovn/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ovn/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v23.3.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm OVN
 name: ovn
-version: 0.1.6
+version: 0.1.7
 home: https://www.ovn.org
 icon: https://www.ovn.org/images/ovn-logo.png
 sources:
diff --git a/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl b/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
index aa3ff6d18..67e3cccc8 100644
--- a/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_bridg
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-cms-options="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_cms_options }}"
 
 # Configure hostname
-{{- if .Values.conf.use_fqdn.compute }}
+{{- if .Values.pod.use_fqdn.compute }}
   ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:hostname="$(hostname -f)"
 {{- else }}
   ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:hostname="$(hostname)"
diff --git a/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml b/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml
index 32222ee3f..ff77d0767 100644
--- a/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml
+++ b/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml
@@ -42,11 +42,16 @@ spec:
         configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+      hostNetwork: true
+      hostPID: true
+      hostIPC: true
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.ovn_controller.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.ovn_controller.node_selector_value }}
       initContainers:
 {{- tuple $envAll "ovn_controller" list | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_entrypoint_init_container" | indent 8 }}
         - name: controller-init
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "ovn_controller" "container" "controller_init" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll "ovn_controller" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/ovn-controller-init.sh
@@ -82,6 +87,10 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
             - name: run-openvswitch
               mountPath: /run/openvswitch
+            - name: logs
+              mountPath: /var/log/ovn
+            - name: run-ovn
+              mountPath: /run/ovn
       volumes:
         - name: ovn-bin
           configMap:
@@ -95,4 +104,12 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
+        - name: logs
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/log/ovn
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        - name: run-ovn
+          hostPath:
+            path: /run/ovn
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/ovn/values.yaml b/ovn/values.yaml
index 5ff043dbf..69adb6bf1 100644
--- a/ovn/values.yaml
+++ b/ovn/values.yaml
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ conf:
   #   br-public: eth1
   auto_bridge_add: {}
 
-  # NOTE: should be same as nova.conf.use_fqdn.compute
+pod:
+  # NOTE: should be same as nova.pod.use_fqdn.compute
   use_fqdn:
     compute: true
-
-pod:
   security_context:
     ovn_northd:
       container:
@@ -90,10 +89,12 @@ pod:
               - SYS_NICE
     ovn_controller:
       container:
+        controller_init:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          privileged: true
         controller:
-          capabilities:
-            add:
-              - SYS_NICE
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          privileged: true
   tolerations:
     ovn_ovsdb_nb:
       enabled: false
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml
index cc6f340d3..e7b33f713 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ ovn:
   - 0.1.4 Add support for OVN HA + refactor
   - 0.1.5 Add ubuntu_focal and ubuntu_jammy overrides
   - 0.1.6 Fix ovsdb port number
+  - 0.1.7 Use host network for ovn controller pods
 ...