diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go
index 021f200c9..13bd1fca1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/cloudprovider/instance"
 	kubevirttypes "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/types"
 	cloudprovidertypes "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/cloudprovider/types"
-	netutil "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/cloudprovider/util"
 	controllerutil "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/controller/util"
 	"k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/providerconfig"
 	providerconfigtypes "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/providerconfig/types"
@@ -597,7 +596,7 @@ func (p *provider) Create(ctx context.Context, _ *zap.SugaredLogger, machine *cl
 	userDataSecretName := fmt.Sprintf("userdata-%s-%s", machine.Name, strconv.Itoa(int(time.Now().Unix())))
 
 	virtualMachine, err := p.newVirtualMachine(ctx, c, pc, machine, userDataSecretName, userdata,
-		machineDeploymentNameAndRevisionForMachineGetter(ctx, machine, data.Client), randomMacAddressGetter)
+		machineDeploymentNameAndRevisionForMachineGetter(ctx, machine, data.Client))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create a VirtualMachine manifest %w", err)
 	}
@@ -621,7 +620,7 @@ func (p *provider) Create(ctx context.Context, _ *zap.SugaredLogger, machine *cl
 }
 
 func (p *provider) newVirtualMachine(_ context.Context, c *Config, pc *providerconfigtypes.Config, machine *clusterv1alpha1.Machine,
-	userdataSecretName, userdata string, mdNameGetter machineDeploymentNameGetter, macAddressGetter macAddressGetter) (*kubevirtv1.VirtualMachine, error) {
+	userdataSecretName, userdata string, mdNameGetter machineDeploymentNameGetter) (*kubevirtv1.VirtualMachine, error) {
 	// We add the timestamp because the secret name must be different when we recreate the VMI
 	// because its pod got deleted
 	// The secret has an ownerRef on the VMI so garbace collection will take care of cleaning up.
@@ -663,6 +662,7 @@ func (p *provider) newVirtualMachine(_ context.Context, c *Config, pc *providerc
 	}
 
 	annotations["ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration"] = "true"
+	annotations["kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration"] = "true"
 
 	for k, v := range machine.Annotations {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "cdi.kubevirt.io") {
@@ -673,11 +673,7 @@ func (p *provider) newVirtualMachine(_ context.Context, c *Config, pc *providerc
 		annotations[k] = v
 	}
 
-	defaultBridgeNetwork, err := defaultBridgeNetwork(macAddressGetter)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not compute a random MAC address")
-	}
-
+	defaultBridgeNetwork := defaultBridgeNetwork()
 	runStrategyOnce := kubevirtv1.RunStrategyOnce
 
 	virtualMachine := &kubevirtv1.VirtualMachine{
@@ -799,24 +795,8 @@ func getVMDisks(config *Config) []kubevirtv1.Disk {
 	return disks
 }
 
-type macAddressGetter func() (string, error)
-
-func randomMacAddressGetter() (string, error) {
-	mac, err := netutil.GenerateRandMAC()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return mac.String(), nil
-}
-
-func defaultBridgeNetwork(macAddressGetter macAddressGetter) (*kubevirtv1.Interface, error) {
-	defaultBridgeNetwork := kubevirtv1.DefaultBridgeNetworkInterface()
-	mac, err := macAddressGetter()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defaultBridgeNetwork.MacAddress = mac
-	return defaultBridgeNetwork, nil
+func defaultBridgeNetwork() *kubevirtv1.Interface {
+	return kubevirtv1.DefaultBridgeNetworkInterface()
 }
 
 func getVMVolumes(config *Config, dataVolumeName string, userDataSecretName string) []kubevirtv1.Volume {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider_test.go
index 18bcea9da..a1ef8545a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/provider_test.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (k kubevirtProviderSpecConf) rawProviderSpec(t *testing.T) []byte {
 				"primaryDisk": {
 					{{- if .StorageTarget }}
 					"storageTarget": "{{ .StorageTarget }}",
-					{{- end }}                    
+					{{- end }}
 					{{- if .OsImageDV }}
 					"osImage": "{{ .OsImageDV }}",
 					{{- else }}
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ func TestNewVirtualMachine(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "custom-local-disk",
 			specConf: kubevirtProviderSpecConf{OsImageDV: "ns/dvname"},
-		}, {
+		},
+		{
 			name:     "use-storage-as-storage-target",
 			specConf: kubevirtProviderSpecConf{StorageTarget: Storage},
 		},
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ func TestNewVirtualMachine(t *testing.T) {
 			c.Namespace = testNamespace
 
 			// Check the created VirtualMachine
-			vm, _ := p.newVirtualMachine(context.TODO(), c, pc, machine, "udsn", userdata, fakeMachineDeploymentNameAndRevisionForMachineGetter(), fixedMacAddressGetter)
+			vm, _ := p.newVirtualMachine(context.TODO(), c, pc, machine, "udsn", userdata, fakeMachineDeploymentNameAndRevisionForMachineGetter())
 			vm.TypeMeta.APIVersion, vm.TypeMeta.Kind = kubevirtv1.VirtualMachineGroupVersionKind.ToAPIVersionAndKind()
 
 			if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(vm, expectedVms[tt.name]) {
@@ -289,10 +290,6 @@ func toVirtualMachines(objects []runtime.Object) map[string]*kubevirtv1.VirtualM
 	return vms
 }
 
-func fixedMacAddressGetter() (string, error) {
-	return "b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d", nil
-}
-
 // runtimeFromYaml returns a list of Kubernetes runtime objects from their yaml templates.
 // It returns the objects for all files included in the ManifestFS folder, skipping (with error log) the yaml files
 // that would not contain correct yaml files.
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity-no-values.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity-no-values.yaml
index bac6e7a46..5d55f2071 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity-no-values.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity-no-values.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity.yaml
index 7f1889466..8d206aa0c 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/affinity.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -56,8 +57,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/custom-local-disk.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/custom-local-disk.yaml
index 1d761053c..767303e29 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/custom-local-disk.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/custom-local-disk.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/http-image-source.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/http-image-source.yaml
index c5125c087..93fe25186 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/http-image-source.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/http-image-source.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         kubevirt.io/vm: http-image-source
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-custom.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-custom.yaml
index a27fc8674..4830ac6c6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-custom.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-custom.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
       networks:
         - name: default
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-standard.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-standard.yaml
index 718e23d38..20ddfe91e 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-standard.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/instancetype-preference-standard.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
       networks:
         - name: default
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/nominal-case.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/nominal-case.yaml
index bb65126cf..c679f0da1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/nominal-case.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/nominal-case.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/pvc-image-source.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/pvc-image-source.yaml
index 20fd7a4ee..7caf5b201 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/pvc-image-source.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/pvc-image-source.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         kubevirt.io/vm: pvc-image-source
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source-pod.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source-pod.yaml
index 7c047af05..f632c05f8 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source-pod.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         kubevirt.io/vm: registry-image-source-pod
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source.yaml
index df5dedac2..3bfcd1a68 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/registry-image-source.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         kubevirt.io/vm: registry-image-source
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/secondary-disks.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/secondary-disks.yaml
index bea429e6f..d563ea7eb 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/secondary-disks.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/secondary-disks.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -79,8 +80,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: secondary-disks-secondarydisk1
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/topologyspreadconstraints.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/topologyspreadconstraints.yaml
index 965429429..ebd161b71 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/topologyspreadconstraints.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/topologyspreadconstraints.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/use-storage-as-storage-target.yaml b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/use-storage-as-storage-target.yaml
index c0246a801..7ba8c9cef 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/use-storage-as-storage-target.yaml
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/kubevirt/testdata/use-storage-as-storage-target.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
       creationTimestamp: null
       annotations:
         "ovn.kubernetes.io/allow_live_migration": "true"
+        "kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration": "true"
       labels:
         cluster.x-k8s.io/cluster-name: cluster-name
         cluster.x-k8s.io/role: worker
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ spec:
                 bus: virtio
               name: cloudinitdisk
           interfaces:
-            - macAddress: b6:f5:b4:fe:45:1d
-              name: default
+            - name: default
               bridge: {}
         resources:
           limits: