diff --git a/charts/karpenter-crd/templates/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml b/charts/karpenter-crd/templates/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml
index db6f5f00a..6311bd8bf 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter-crd/templates/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter-crd/templates/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.17.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.17.1
   name: aksnodeclasses.karpenter.azure.com
 spec:
   group: karpenter.azure.com
diff --git a/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml b/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml
index db6f5f00a..6311bd8bf 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml
+++ b/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.azure.com_aksnodeclasses.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.17.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.17.1
   name: aksnodeclasses.karpenter.azure.com
 spec:
   group: karpenter.azure.com
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index d2b03ed2c..1e59aa2d7 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@ func NewOperator(ctx context.Context, operator *operator.Operator) (context.Cont
 	azClient, err := instance.CreateAZClient(ctx, azConfig)
 	lo.Must0(err, "creating Azure client")
 
-	
-	if options.FromContext(ctx).VnetGUID == "" && options.FromContext(ctx).NetworkPluginMode == consts.NetworkPluginModeOverlay { 
-	vnetGUID, err := getVnetGUID(azConfig, options.FromContext(ctx).SubnetID)
-	lo.Must0(err, "getting VNET GUID")
-	options.FromContext(ctx).VnetGUID = vnetGUID 
+	if options.FromContext(ctx).VnetGUID == "" && options.FromContext(ctx).NetworkPluginMode == consts.NetworkPluginModeOverlay {
+		vnetGUID, err := getVnetGUID(azConfig, options.FromContext(ctx).SubnetID)
+		lo.Must0(err, "getting VNET GUID")
+		options.FromContext(ctx).VnetGUID = vnetGUID
 	}
 
 	unavailableOfferingsCache := azurecache.NewUnavailableOfferings()
diff --git a/pkg/operator/options/options.go b/pkg/operator/options/options.go
index 7b644ed4f..3f1c5c53f 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/options/options.go
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ type Options struct {
 	ClusterID                      string
 	KubeletClientTLSBootstrapToken string // => TLSBootstrapToken in bootstrap (may need to be per node/nodepool)
 	SSHPublicKey                   string // ssh.publicKeys.keyData => VM SSH public key // TODO: move to v1alpha2.AKSNodeClass?
-	
-	NetworkPlugin                  string // => NetworkPlugin in bootstrap
-	NetworkPolicy                  string // => NetworkPolicy in bootstrap
-	NetworkPluginMode              string // => Network Plugin Mode is used to control the mode the network plugin should operate in. For example, "overlay" used with --network-plugin=azure will use an overlay network (non-VNET IPs) for pods in the cluster. Learn more about overlay networking here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/azure-cni-overlay?tabs=kubectl#overview-of-overlay-networking
-	NetworkDataplane               string
-	
-	NodeIdentities                 []string // => Applied onto each VM
-	VnetGUID						string // resource guid used by azure cni for identifying the right vnet
-	SubnetID string // => VnetSubnetID to use (for nodes in Azure CNI Overlay and Azure CNI + pod subnet; for for nodes and pods in Azure CNI), unless overridden via AKSNodeClass
-	setFlags map[string]bool
+
+	NetworkPlugin     string // => NetworkPlugin in bootstrap
+	NetworkPolicy     string // => NetworkPolicy in bootstrap
+	NetworkPluginMode string // => Network Plugin Mode is used to control the mode the network plugin should operate in. For example, "overlay" used with --network-plugin=azure will use an overlay network (non-VNET IPs) for pods in the cluster. Learn more about overlay networking here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/azure-cni-overlay?tabs=kubectl#overview-of-overlay-networking
+	NetworkDataplane  string
+
+	NodeIdentities []string // => Applied onto each VM
+	VnetGUID       string   // resource guid used by azure cni for identifying the right vnet
+	SubnetID       string   // => VnetSubnetID to use (for nodes in Azure CNI Overlay and Azure CNI + pod subnet; for for nodes and pods in Azure CNI), unless overridden via AKSNodeClass
+	setFlags       map[string]bool
 
 	ProvisionMode              string
 	NodeBootstrappingServerURL string