diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index 69b285e528e..c6ec53521cb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -2403,8 +2403,10 @@ var validEnvDownwardAPIFieldPathExpressions = sets.NewString(
 	"spec.nodeName",
 	"spec.serviceAccountName",
 	"status.hostIP",
+	"status.hostIPs",
 	"status.podIP",
-	"status.podIPs")
+	"status.podIPs",
+)
 
 var validContainerResourceFieldPathExpressions = sets.NewString("limits.cpu", "limits.memory", "limits.ephemeral-storage", "requests.cpu", "requests.memory", "requests.ephemeral-storage")
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index 34214adb667..bfa33c179ce 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -5922,7 +5922,7 @@ func TestValidateEnv(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}},
-		expectedError: `[0].valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: Unsupported value: "metadata.labels": supported values: "metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "metadata.uid", "spec.nodeName", "spec.serviceAccountName", "status.hostIP", "status.podIP", "status.podIPs"`,
+		expectedError: `[0].valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: Unsupported value: "metadata.labels": supported values: "metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "metadata.uid", "spec.nodeName", "spec.serviceAccountName", "status.hostIP", "status.hostIPs", "status.podIP", "status.podIPs"`,
 	}, {
 		name: "metadata.annotations without subscript",
 		envs: []core.EnvVar{{
@@ -5934,7 +5934,7 @@ func TestValidateEnv(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}},
-		expectedError: `[0].valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: Unsupported value: "metadata.annotations": supported values: "metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "metadata.uid", "spec.nodeName", "spec.serviceAccountName", "status.hostIP", "status.podIP", "status.podIPs"`,
+		expectedError: `[0].valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: Unsupported value: "metadata.annotations": supported values: "metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "metadata.uid", "spec.nodeName", "spec.serviceAccountName", "status.hostIP", "status.hostIPs", "status.podIP", "status.podIPs"`,
 	}, {
 		name: "metadata.annotations with invalid key",
 		envs: []core.EnvVar{{
@@ -5970,7 +5970,7 @@ func TestValidateEnv(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}},
-		expectedError: `valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: Unsupported value: "status.phase": supported values: "metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "metadata.uid", "spec.nodeName", "spec.serviceAccountName", "status.hostIP", "status.podIP", "status.podIPs"`,
+		expectedError: `valueFrom.fieldRef.fieldPath: Unsupported value: "status.phase": supported values: "metadata.name", "metadata.namespace", "metadata.uid", "spec.nodeName", "spec.serviceAccountName", "status.hostIP", "status.hostIPs", "status.podIP", "status.podIPs"`,
 	},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range errorCases {