diff --git a/updatecli/scripts/update-flannel.sh b/updatecli/scripts/update-flannel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9197f539d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updatecli/scripts/update-flannel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -n "$FLANNEL_VERSION" ]; then
+	app_version=$(echo "$FLANNEL_VERSION" | grep -Eo 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9+]')
+	current_flannel_version=$(sed -nr 's/^\+    tag: ('v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9+]')/\1/p' packages/rke2-flannel/generated-changes/patch/values.yaml.patch  | head -1)
+	current_app_version=$(echo "$current_flannel_version" | grep -Eo 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9+]')
+	if [ "$current_flannel_version" != "$FLANNEL_VERSION" ]; then
+		echo "Updating Flannel chart to $FLANNEL_VERSION"
+		if [ "$app_version" != "$current_app_version" ]; then
+			sed -i "s/ version: .*/ version: $app_version/g" packages/rke2-flannel/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
+			sed -i "s/-    tag: $current_app_version/-    tag: $app_version/g" packages/rke2-flannel/generated-changes/patch/values.yaml.patch
+			sed -i "s/+    tag: $current_flannel_version/+    tag: $FLANNEL_VERSION/g" packages/rke2-flannel/generated-changes/patch/values.yaml.patch
+			yq -i ".url = \"https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/releases/download/$app_version/flannel.tgz\" |
+				.packageVersion = 00" packages/rke2-flannel/package.yaml
+		else
+			sed -i "s/+    tag: $current_flannel_version/+    tag: $FLANNEL_VERSION/g" packages/rke2-flannel/generated-changes/patch/values.yaml.patch
+			package_version=$(yq '.packageVersion' packages/rke2-flannel/package.yaml)
+			new_version=$(printf "%02d" $(($package_version + 1)))
+			yq -i ".packageVersion = $new_version" packages/rke2-flannel/package.yaml
+		fi
+		GOCACHE='/home/runner/.cache/go-build' GOPATH='/home/runner/go' PACKAGE='rke2-flannel' make prepare
+		GOCACHE='/home/runner/.cache/go-build' GOPATH='/home/runner/go' PACKAGE='rke2-flannel' make patch
+		make clean
+	fi
+fi
diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/updateflannel.yaml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/updateflannel.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f4d25f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updatecli/updatecli.d/updateflannel.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+---
+name: "Update Flannel version" 
+
+sources:
+  flannel:
+    name: Get flannel version
+    kind: githubrelease
+    spec:
+      owner: rancher
+      repository: image-build-flannel
+      token: '{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}'
+      username: '{{ requiredEnv .github.username }}'
+      typefilter:
+        latest: true
+        release: true
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: false
+      versionfilter:
+        kind: regex
+        # pattern accepts any semver constraint
+        pattern: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-build[0-9]+"
+
+targets:
+  flannelImage:
+    name: "Bump to latest flannel version on the chart"
+    kind: shell
+    scmid: default
+    sourceid: flannel
+    spec:
+      command: 'updatecli/scripts/update-flannel.sh'
+      environments:
+        - name: FLANNEL_VERSION
+          value: '{{ source "flannel" }}'
+
+
+scms:
+  default:
+    kind: github
+    spec:
+      token: '{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}'
+      username: '{{ requiredEnv .github.username }}'
+      user: '{{ .github.username }}'
+      email: '{{ .github.email }}'
+      owner: '{{ .github.owner }}'
+      repository: '{{ .github.repository }}'
+      branch: '{{ .github.branch }}'
+      
+actions:
+  default:
+    title: 'Update Flannel version to {{ source "flannel" }}'
+    kind: github/pullrequest
+    spec:
+      automerge: false
+      labels:
+        - chore
+        - skip-changelog
+        - status/auto-created 
+    scmid: default