diff --git a/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/config/biohazard/helm-values.yaml b/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/config/biohazard/helm-values.yaml
index d330b022..ab03b9ed 100644
--- a/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/config/biohazard/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/config/biohazard/helm-values.yaml
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@ clustermesh:
         ips: ["${IP_HERCULES}"]
 
 ## NOTE: Cilium's routing modes for inter-nodes pod traffic
+tunnel: "disabled"
+autoDirectNodeRoutes: true
+ipv4NativeRoutingCIDR: "${IP_POD_CIDR_V4}"
 ### using Geneve tunnel for simpler routing and easier ClusterMesh across WireGuard
-routingMode: tunnel
-tunnelProtocol: geneve
-loadBalancer:
-  algorithm: maglev
-  mode: dsr
-  dsrDispatch: geneve
+# routingMode: tunnel
+# tunnelProtocol: geneve
+# loadBalancer:
+#   algorithm: maglev
+#   mode: dsr
+#   dsrDispatch: geneve
 
 ## NOTE: Cilium's networking internals
 ipam:
diff --git a/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/hr.yaml b/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/hr.yaml
index 57471498..1e32d774 100644
--- a/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/hr.yaml
+++ b/kube/deploy/core/_networking/cilium/app/hr.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
   chart:
     spec:
       chart: cilium
-      version: "1.14.3"
+      version: "1.13.4"
       sourceRef:
         name: cilium-charts
         kind: HelmRepository