diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/neutron-42b77d74ce8fe287.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/neutron-42b77d74ce8fe287.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df4352bb53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/neutron-42b77d74ce8fe287.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+neutron:
+  - |
+    Update values_overrides for ovn. If OVN is used, network.backend needs to be ovn.
+    There is no need to keep openvswitch as it adds OVS plugin related pod dependencies.
+    daemonset_netns_cleanup_cron is also not required anymore with ovn.
+...
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova-3493b35ba8c4479a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova-3493b35ba8c4479a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eb0248a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova-3493b35ba8c4479a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+nova:
+  - |
+    Update values_overrides for ovn. If OVN is used, network.backend needs to be ovn.
+    There is no need to keep openvswitch as it adds OVS plugin related pod dependencies.
+...
diff --git a/values_overrides/neutron/ovn.yaml b/values_overrides/neutron/ovn.yaml
index 063823e465..969afdde94 100644
--- a/values_overrides/neutron/ovn.yaml
+++ b/values_overrides/neutron/ovn.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 network:
   backend:
-    - openvswitch
     - ovn
 
 conf:
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ manifests:
   daemonset_dhcp_agent: false
   daemonset_l3_agent: false
   daemonset_metadata_agent: false
+  daemonset_netns_cleanup_cron: false
   daemonset_ovs_agent: false
   deployment_rpc_server: false
 
diff --git a/values_overrides/neutron/ovn_vpn.yaml b/values_overrides/neutron/ovn_vpn.yaml
index eba1cd3ea2..1980a1d8f1 100644
--- a/values_overrides/neutron/ovn_vpn.yaml
+++ b/values_overrides/neutron/ovn_vpn.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 network:
   backend:
-    - openvswitch
     - ovn
 
 conf:
@@ -28,7 +27,9 @@ manifests:
   daemonset_dhcp_agent: false
   daemonset_l3_agent: false
   daemonset_metadata_agent: false
+  daemonset_netns_cleanup_cron: false
   daemonset_ovs_agent: false
+  deployment_rpc_server: false
 
   daemonset_ovn_metadata_agent: true
   daemonset_ovn_vpn_agent: true
diff --git a/values_overrides/nova/ovn.yaml b/values_overrides/nova/ovn.yaml
index 07ebffb372..4066010939 100644
--- a/values_overrides/nova/ovn.yaml
+++ b/values_overrides/nova/ovn.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ---
-dependencies:
-  dynamic:
-    targeted:
-      openvswitch:
-        compute:
-          pod: []
+network:
+  backend:
+    - ovn
 
 conf:
   nova: