diff --git a/ovn/Chart.yaml b/ovn/Chart.yaml
index 38c8fb519..9f1fbd010 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: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 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 67e3cccc8..a4d8130ff 100644
--- a/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
@@ -16,13 +16,65 @@
 
 function get_ip_address_from_interface {
   local interface=$1
-  local ip=$(ip -4 -o addr s "${interface}" | awk '{ print $4; exit }' | awk -F '/' '{print $1}')
+  local ip=$(ip -4 -o addr s "${interface}" | awk '{ print $4; exit }' | awk -F '/' 'NR==1 {print $1}')
   if [ -z "${ip}" ] ; then
     exit 1
   fi
   echo ${ip}
 }
 
+function get_ip_prefix_from_interface {
+  local interface=$1
+  local prefix=$(ip -4 -o addr s "${interface}" | awk '{ print $4; exit }' | awk -F '/' 'NR==1 {print $2}')
+  if [ -z "${prefix}" ] ; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo ${prefix}
+}
+
+function migrate_ip_from_nic {
+  src_nic=$1
+  bridge_name=$2
+
+  # Enabling explicit error handling: We must avoid to lose the IP
+  # address in the migration process. Hence, on every error, we
+  # attempt to assign the IP back to the original NIC and exit.
+  set +e
+
+  ip=$(get_ip_address_from_interface ${src_nic})
+  prefix=$(get_ip_prefix_from_interface ${src_nic})
+
+  bridge_ip=$(get_ip_address_from_interface "${bridge_name}")
+  bridge_prefix=$(get_ip_prefix_from_interface "${bridge_name}")
+
+  ip link set ${bridge_name} up
+
+  if [[ -n "${ip}" && -n "${prefix}" ]]; then
+    ip addr flush dev ${src_nic}
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+      ip addr add ${ip}/${prefix} dev ${src_nic}
+      echo "Error while flushing IP from ${src_nic}."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    ip addr add ${ip}/${prefix} dev "${bridge_name}"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+      echo "Error assigning IP to bridge "${bridge_name}"."
+      ip addr add ${ip}/${prefix} dev ${src_nic}
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  elif [[ -n "${bridge_ip}" && -n "${bridge_prefix}" ]]; then
+    echo "Bridge '${bridge_name}' already has IP assigned. Keeping the same:: IP:[${bridge_ip}]; Prefix:[${bridge_prefix}]..."
+  elif [[ -z "${bridge_ip}" && -z "${ip}" ]]; then
+    echo "Interface and bridge have no ips configured. Leaving as is."
+  else
+    echo "Interface ${src_nic} has invalid IP address. IP:[${ip}]; Prefix:[${prefix}]..."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  set -e
+}
+
 # Detect tunnel interface
 tunnel_interface="{{- .Values.network.interface.tunnel -}}"
 if [ -z "${tunnel_interface}" ] ; then
@@ -65,7 +117,13 @@ ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:rundir="/var/run/openvswitch"
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-encap-type="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_encap_type }}"
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_bridge }}"
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_bridge_mappings }}"
-ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-cms-options="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_cms_options }}"
+
+GW_ENABLED=$(cat /tmp/gw-enabled/gw-enabled)
+if [[ ${GW_ENABLED} == enabled ]]; then
+  ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-cms-options={{ .Values.conf.onv_cms_options_gw_enabled }}
+else
+  ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-cms-options={{ .Values.conf.ovn_cms_options }}
+fi
 
 # Configure hostname
 {{- if .Values.pod.use_fqdn.compute }}
@@ -82,8 +140,9 @@ do
   bridge=${bmap%:*}
   iface=${bmap#*:}
   ovs-vsctl --may-exist add-br $bridge -- set bridge $bridge protocols=OpenFlow13
-  if [ -n "$iface" ] && [ "$iface" != "null" ]
+  if [ -n "$iface" ] && [ "$iface" != "null" ] && ( ip link show $iface 1>/dev/null 2>&1 );
   then
     ovs-vsctl --may-exist add-port $bridge $iface
+    migrate_ip_from_nic $iface $bridge
   fi
 done
diff --git a/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml b/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml
index ff77d0767..f27903fca 100644
--- a/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml
+++ b/ovn/templates/daemonset-controller.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,33 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 {{- $configMapName := "ovn-etc" }}
 {{- $serviceAccountName := "ovn-controller" }}
+{{- $serviceAccountNamespace := $envAll.Release.Namespace }}
 {{ tuple $envAll "ovn_controller" $serviceAccountName | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_rbac_serviceaccount" }}
+
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: ovn-controller-list-nodes-role-{{ $serviceAccountNamespace }}
+rules:
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources: ["nodes"]
+  verbs: ["list", "get"]
+
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: ovn-controller-list-nodes-rolebinding-{{ $serviceAccountNamespace }}
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+  namespace: {{ $serviceAccountNamespace }}
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: ovn-controller-list-nodes-role-{{ $serviceAccountNamespace }}
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+
 ---
 kind: DaemonSet
 apiVersion: apps/v1
@@ -50,6 +76,22 @@ spec:
         {{ .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: get-gw-enabled
+{{ tuple $envAll "ovn_controller_kubectl" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+          command:
+            - /bin/bash
+            - -c
+            - |
+              kubectl get node ${NODENAME} -o jsonpath='{.metadata.labels.l3-agent}' > /tmp/gw-enabled/gw-enabled
+          env:
+            - name: NODENAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: gw-enabled
+              mountPath: /tmp/gw-enabled
+              readOnly: false
         - 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 }}
@@ -66,6 +108,9 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /tmp/auto_bridge_add
               subPath: auto_bridge_add
               readOnly: true
+            - name: gw-enabled
+              mountPath: /tmp/gw-enabled
+              readOnly: true
       containers:
         - name: controller
 {{ tuple $envAll "ovn_controller" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
@@ -112,4 +157,6 @@ spec:
           hostPath:
             path: /run/ovn
             type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        - name: gw-enabled
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/ovn/values.yaml b/ovn/values.yaml
index 69adb6bf1..97a9c4a43 100644
--- a/ovn/values.yaml
+++ b/ovn/values.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ images:
     ovn_ovsdb_sb: docker.io/openstackhelm/ovn:ubuntu_focal
     ovn_northd: docker.io/openstackhelm/ovn:ubuntu_focal
     ovn_controller: docker.io/openstackhelm/ovn:ubuntu_focal
+    ovn_controller_kubectl: docker.io/openstackhelm/ceph-config-helper:latest-ubuntu_jammy
     dep_check: quay.io/airshipit/kubernetes-entrypoint:v1.0.0
     image_repo_sync: docker.io/library/docker:17.07.0
   pull_policy: "IfNotPresent"
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ network:
     tunnel_network_cidr: "0/0"
 
 conf:
-  ovn_cms_options: "enable-chassis-as-gw,availability-zones=nova"
+  ovn_cms_options: "availability-zones=nova"
+  onv_cms_options_gw_enabled: "enable-chassis-as-gw,availability-zones=nova"
   ovn_encap_type: geneve
   ovn_bridge: br-int
   ovn_bridge_mappings: external:br-ex
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml
index e7b33f713..efa86a0c8 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ovn.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ ovn:
   - 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
+  - 0.1.8 Fix attaching interfaces to the bridge
 ...
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 3446c0452..8f6b62af2 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -303,4 +303,9 @@
         container_distro_version: jammy
         feature_gates: dpdk
 
+- job:
+    name: openstack-helm-infra-compute-kit-ovn-2023-2-ubuntu_jammy
+    parent: openstack-helm-compute-kit-ovn-2023-2-ubuntu_jammy
+    files:
+      - ^ovn/.*
 ...
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index a547d937c..9c548d90f 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         - openstack-helm-infra-metacontroller
         - openstack-helm-infra-mariadb-operator
         - openstack-helm-compute-kit-dpdk-ubuntu_jammy
+        - openstack-helm-infra-compute-kit-ovn-2023-2-ubuntu_jammy
     gate:
       jobs:
         - openstack-helm-lint