diff --git a/scripts/ql3-security-administration-kubernetes-live-contract.cjs b/scripts/ql3-security-administration-kubernetes-live-contract.cjs
index 29ae722c..b73a0216 100644
--- a/scripts/ql3-security-administration-kubernetes-live-contract.cjs
+++ b/scripts/ql3-security-administration-kubernetes-live-contract.cjs
@@ -744,6 +744,18 @@ async function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2)) {
   const createdEvidenceJobs = new Set();
   try {
     const nodes = await fixture.start();
+    for (const node of fixture.nodes) {
+      for (const setting of [
+        'net.ipv4.ip_forward=1',
+        'net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables=1',
+      ]) {
+        const configured = fixture.dockerRun(
+          ['exec', node, 'sysctl', '-w', setting],
+          { capture: true, quiet: true },
+        ).stdout;
+        assert.equal(configured.trim().endsWith(' = 1'), true);
+      }
+    }
     const architecture = fixture.inspectImage(fixture.k3sImage).Architecture;
     assert.ok(['amd64', 'arm64'].includes(architecture));
     for (const reviewedImage of [OPERATOR_IMAGE, POSTGRES_IMAGE]) {
diff --git a/test/back/ql3SecurityAdministrationKubernetesLiveContract.test.cjs b/test/back/ql3SecurityAdministrationKubernetesLiveContract.test.cjs
index 5e3bdabc..da3f65f9 100644
--- a/test/back/ql3SecurityAdministrationKubernetesLiveContract.test.cjs
+++ b/test/back/ql3SecurityAdministrationKubernetesLiveContract.test.cjs
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ test('live runner remains opt-in, reviewed, cleanup-bound and log-free', () => {
   );
   assert.match(source, /reviewedOperatorManifest\(operatorManifestFile\)/);
   assert.match(source, /validateSecurityAdministrationKubernetesLiveReport/);
+  assert.match(source, /net\.ipv4\.ip_forward=1/);
+  assert.match(source, /net\.bridge\.bridge-nf-call-iptables=1/);
   assert.match(source, /projectedMode: 0o444/);
   assert.match(source, /credential\.issue\.replay/);
   assert.match(source, /FallbackToLogsOnError/);