diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index b5f44b029f8..e6b4e8a29d9 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -871,6 +871,13 @@ clientConnection:
   kubeconfig: ${CERT_DIR}/kube-proxy.kubeconfig
 hostnameOverride: ${HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE}
 mode: ${KUBE_PROXY_MODE}
+conntrack:
+# Skip setting sysctl value "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max"
+  maxPerCore: 0
+# Skip setting "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established"
+  tcpEstablishedTimeout: 0s
+# Skip setting "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close"
+  tcpCloseWaitTimeout: 0s
 EOF
     if [[ -n ${FEATURE_GATES} ]]; then
       parse_feature_gates "${FEATURE_GATES}"