diff --git a/openshift-knative-operator/cmd/operator/kodata/ingress/1.14/kourier/1-net-kourier.yaml b/openshift-knative-operator/cmd/operator/kodata/ingress/1.14/kourier/1-net-kourier.yaml
index 0feec8f66b..0b759f4ece 100644
--- a/openshift-knative-operator/cmd/operator/kodata/ingress/1.14/kourier/1-net-kourier.yaml
+++ b/openshift-knative-operator/cmd/operator/kodata/ingress/1.14/kourier/1-net-kourier.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ data:
                                       exact: GET
                               route:
                                 cluster: service_stats
+                            - match:
+                                safe_regex:
+                                  regex: '/drain_listeners'
+                                headers:
+                                  - name: ':method'
+                                    string_match:
+                                      exact: POST
+                              route:
+                                cluster: service_stats
       clusters:
         - name: service_stats
           connect_timeout: 0.250s
@@ -107,8 +116,9 @@ data:
               lb_endpoints:
                 endpoint:
                   address:
-                    pipe:
-                      path: /tmp/envoy.admin
+                    socket_address:
+                      address: 127.0.0.1
+                      port_value: 9901
         - name: xds_cluster
           # This keepalive is recommended by envoy docs.
           # https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-docs/xds_protocol
@@ -137,8 +147,9 @@ data:
         typed_config:
           "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.access_loggers.stream.v3.StdoutAccessLog
       address:
-        pipe:
-          path: /tmp/envoy.admin
+        socket_address:
+          address: 127.0.0.1
+          port_value: 9901
 ---
 # Copyright 2021 The Knative Authors
 #
@@ -462,8 +473,13 @@ spec:
             - --base-id 1
             - -c /tmp/config/envoy-bootstrap.yaml
             - --log-level info
+            - --drain-time-s $(DRAIN_TIME_SECONDS)
+            - --drain-strategy immediate
           command:
             - /usr/local/bin/envoy
+          env:
+            - name: DRAIN_TIME_SECONDS
+              value: "15"
           image: TO_BE_REPLACED
           name: kourier-gateway
           ports:
@@ -497,7 +513,7 @@ spec:
           lifecycle:
             preStop:
               exec:
-                command: ["/bin/sh","-c","curl -X POST --unix /tmp/envoy.admin http://localhost/healthcheck/fail; sleep 15"]
+                command: ["/bin/sh","-c","curl -X POST http://localhost:9901/drain_listeners?graceful; sleep $DRAIN_TIME_SECONDS"]
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
               httpHeaders:
@@ -527,6 +543,9 @@ spec:
             limits:
               cpu: "1"
               memory: 800Mi
+
+      # to ensure a graceful drain, terminationGracePeriodSeconds must be greater than DRAIN_TIME_SECONDS environment variable
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
       volumes:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap: