diff --git a/cloud/annotations/annotations.go b/cloud/annotations/annotations.go
index 380a08b0..3973a4df 100644
--- a/cloud/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/cloud/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ const (
 	// addresses for its LoadBalancer ingress. When set to "true", both addresses will be included in the status.
 	AnnLinodeEnableIPv6Ingress = "service.beta.kubernetes.io/linode-loadbalancer-enable-ipv6-ingress"
 
-	AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP = "node.k8s.linode.com/private-ip"
-	AnnLinodeHostUUID      = "node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid"
+	AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP  = "node.k8s.linode.com/private-ip"
+	AnnLinodeHostUUID       = "node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid"
+	AnnLinodeNodePublicIPv6 = "node.k8s.linode.com/public-ipv6"
 
 	AnnLinodeNodeIPSharingUpdated = "node.k8s.linode.com/ip-sharing-updated"
 	AnnExcludeNodeFromNb          = "node.k8s.linode.com/exclude-from-nb"
diff --git a/cloud/linode/node_controller.go b/cloud/linode/node_controller.go
index bcefb661..8cbb7473 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/node_controller.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/node_controller.go
@@ -270,10 +270,11 @@ func (s *nodeController) handleNode(ctx context.Context, node *v1.Node) error {
 	lastUpdate := s.LastMetadataUpdate(node.Name)
 
 	uuid, foundLabel := node.Labels[annotations.AnnLinodeHostUUID]
-	configuredPrivateIP, foundAnnotation := node.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP]
+	configuredPrivateIP, foundPrivateIPAnnotation := node.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP]
+	configuredPublicIPv6, foundIPv6Annotation := node.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePublicIPv6]
 
 	metaAge := time.Since(lastUpdate)
-	if foundLabel && foundAnnotation && metaAge < s.ttl {
+	if foundLabel && foundPrivateIPAnnotation && foundIPv6Annotation && metaAge < s.ttl {
 		klog.V(3).InfoS("Skipping refresh, ttl not reached",
 			"node", klog.KObj(node),
 			"ttl", s.ttl,
@@ -298,7 +299,8 @@ func (s *nodeController) handleNode(ctx context.Context, node *v1.Node) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if uuid == linode.HostUUID && node.Spec.ProviderID != "" && configuredPrivateIP == expectedPrivateIP {
+	expectedPublicIPv6 := linode.IPv6
+	if uuid == linode.HostUUID && node.Spec.ProviderID != "" && configuredPrivateIP == expectedPrivateIP && configuredPublicIPv6 == expectedPublicIPv6 {
 		s.SetLastMetadataUpdate(node.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -325,6 +327,9 @@ func (s *nodeController) handleNode(ctx context.Context, node *v1.Node) error {
 		if nodeResult.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP] != expectedPrivateIP && expectedPrivateIP != "" {
 			nodeResult.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP] = expectedPrivateIP
 		}
+		if nodeResult.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePublicIPv6] != expectedPublicIPv6 && expectedPublicIPv6 != "" {
+			nodeResult.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePublicIPv6] = expectedPublicIPv6
+		}
 		updatedNode, err = s.kubeclient.CoreV1().Nodes().Update(ctx, nodeResult, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 		return err
 	}); err != nil {
diff --git a/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go b/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go
index c7e00ab0..af1634b7 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go
@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ func TestNodeController_handleNode(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test: Successful metadata update
 	publicIP := net.ParseIP("172.234.31.123")
 	privateIP := net.ParseIP("192.168.159.135")
+	publicIPv6SLAAC := "2001:db::f03c:91ff:fe2b:1a2b"
 	client.EXPECT().ListInstances(gomock.Any(), nil).Times(1).Return([]linodego.Instance{
-		{ID: 123, Label: "test-node", IPv4: []*net.IP{&publicIP, &privateIP}, HostUUID: "123"},
+		{ID: 123, Label: "test-node", IPv4: []*net.IP{&publicIP, &privateIP}, IPv6: publicIPv6SLAAC, HostUUID: "123"},
 	}, nil)
 	err = nodeCtrl.handleNode(t.Context(), node)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "expected no error during handleNode")
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ func TestNodeController_handleNode(t *testing.T) {
 	// Annotations set, no update needed as ttl not reached
 	node.Labels[annotations.AnnLinodeHostUUID] = "123"
 	node.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePrivateIP] = privateIP.String()
+	node.Annotations[annotations.AnnLinodeNodePublicIPv6] = publicIPv6SLAAC
 	err = nodeCtrl.handleNode(t.Context(), node)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "expected no error during handleNode")
 
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ func TestNodeController_handleNode(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeCtrl.instances = newInstances(client)
 	nodeCtrl.metadataLastUpdate["test-node"] = time.Now().Add(-2 * nodeCtrl.ttl)
 	client.EXPECT().ListInstances(gomock.Any(), nil).Times(1).Return([]linodego.Instance{
-		{ID: 123, Label: "test-node", IPv4: []*net.IP{&publicIP, &privateIP}, HostUUID: "123"},
+		{ID: 123, Label: "test-node", IPv4: []*net.IP{&publicIP, &privateIP}, IPv6: publicIPv6SLAAC, HostUUID: "123"},
 	}, nil)
 	err = nodeCtrl.handleNode(t.Context(), node)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "expected no error during handleNode")
diff --git a/docs/configuration/environment.md b/docs/configuration/environment.md
index 2a21e955..842fc902 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/environment.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/environment.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The CCM supports the following flags:
 | `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv4` | Int | `24` | ipv4 cidr mask size for pod cidrs allocated to nodes |
 | `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv6` | Int | `64` | ipv6 cidr mask size for pod cidrs allocated to nodes |
 | `--nodebalancer-prefix` | String | `ccm` | Name prefix for NoadBalancers. |
-| `--disable-ipv6-node-cidr-allocation` | `false` | disables allocating IPv6 CIDR ranges to nodes when using CCM for node IPAM (set to `true` if IPv6 ranges are not configured on Linode interfaces) |
+| `--disable-ipv6-node-cidr-allocation` | Boolean | `false` | disables allocating IPv6 CIDR ranges to nodes when using CCM for node IPAM (set to `true` if IPv6 ranges are not configured on Linode interfaces) |
 
 ## Configuration Methods