diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/component.js
index 26f016abd..fb87756b0 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/component.js
@@ -511,6 +511,78 @@ export default Component.extend(ClusterDriver, {
     }
   }),
 
+  showPolicyConfigWarning: computed('config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig', 'editing', 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec', 'upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig', function() {
+    const upstreamSpec = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec');
+
+    if (this.editing && !isEmpty(upstreamSpec)) {
+      const ogNetworkPolicyConfig = get(this, 'upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig') ?? false;
+      const currentNetworkPolicyConfig = get(this, 'config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig') ?? false;
+
+      // if user is turning off show warning
+      if (ogNetworkPolicyConfig && !currentNetworkPolicyConfig) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }),
+
+  showPolicyEnabledWarning: computed('config.networkPolicyEnabled', 'editing', 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled', function() {
+    const upstreamSpec = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec');
+
+    if (this.editing && !isEmpty(upstreamSpec)) {
+      const ogNetworkPolicyEnabled = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled') ?? false;
+      const currentNetworkPolicyEnabled = get(this, 'config.networkPolicyEnabled') ?? false;
+
+      // if user is turning off show warning
+      if (ogNetworkPolicyEnabled && !currentNetworkPolicyEnabled) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }),
+
+  shouldDisableNetworkPolicyEnabled: computed('config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig', 'config.networkPolicyEnabled', 'editing', 'isNewOrEditable', 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig', 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled', function() {
+    const currentNetworkPolicyConfig = get(this, 'config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig') ?? false;
+    const ogNetworkPolicyConfig = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig') ?? false;
+    const ogNetworkPolicyEnabled = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled') ?? false;
+
+    if (this.isNewOrEditable) {
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      if (this.editing) {
+        if (!ogNetworkPolicyConfig && !ogNetworkPolicyEnabled) {
+          return true;
+        } else if (!currentNetworkPolicyConfig) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }),
+
+  shouldDisableNetworkPolicyConfig: computed('config.networkPolicyEnabled', 'editing', 'isNewOrEditable', 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig', 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled', function() {
+    const currentNetworkPolicyEnabled = get(this, 'config.networkPolicyEnabled') ?? false;
+    const ogNetworkPolicyEnabled = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled') ?? false;
+    const ogNetworkPolicyConfig = get(this, 'model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig') ?? false;
+
+    if (this.isNewOrEditable) {
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      if (this.editing) {
+        if (currentNetworkPolicyEnabled && !ogNetworkPolicyEnabled ) {
+          return true;
+        } else if (ogNetworkPolicyEnabled && ogNetworkPolicyConfig)  {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }),
+
   hasProvisioned: computed('model.cluster', function() {
     const cluster = get(this, 'model.cluster');
     const { state = '', isError = false } = cluster;
diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/template.hbs b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/template.hbs
index a460ccb52..617d27264 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/template.hbs
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-gke/template.hbs
@@ -275,16 +275,51 @@
                   {{t "clusterNew.googlegke.useIpAliases.label"}}
                 </label>
               </div>
+              <div class="checkbox">
+                <label>
+                  {{input
+                    type="checkbox"
+                    checked=config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig
+                    disabled=shouldDisableNetworkPolicyConfig
+                  }}
+                  {{t "clusterNew.googlegke.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig"}}
+                </label>
+              </div>
               <div class="checkbox">
                 <label>
                   {{input
                     type="checkbox"
                     checked=config.networkPolicyEnabled
-                    disabled=(or
-                      (not isNewOrEditable) cluster.enableNetworkPolicy
-                    )
+                    disabled=shouldDisableNetworkPolicyEnabled
                   }}
                   {{t "clusterNew.googlegke.networkPolicy.label"}}
+                  {{#if
+                    (and
+                      editing
+                      (and
+                        (or
+                          model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.networkPolicyEnabled
+                          model.originalCluster.gkeStatus.upstreamSpec.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig
+                        )
+                        (not
+                          (or
+                            config.networkPolicyEnabled
+                            config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig
+                          )
+                        )
+                      )
+                    )
+                  }}
+                    {{#tooltip-element
+                      type="tooltip-basic"
+                      model=(t "clusterNew.googlegke.networkPolicy.help")
+                      tooltipTemplate="tooltip-static"
+                      aria-describedby="tooltip-base"
+                      tooltipFor="tooltipLink"
+                    }}
+                      <i class="icon icon-info"></i>
+                    {{/tooltip-element}}
+                  {{/if}}
                 </label>
               </div>
               <div class="checkbox">
@@ -302,6 +337,14 @@
                   @message={{t "clusterNew.googlegke.useIpAliases.warning"}}
                 />
               {{/unless}}
+              {{#if (or showPolicyEnabledWarning showPolicyConfigWarning)}}
+                <BannerMessage
+                  @icon="icon-alert"
+                  @color="bg-warning mb-10"
+                  @message={{t "clusterNew.googlegke.policyConfigDisableWarning"
+                  }}
+                />
+              {{/if}}
             </div>
           </div>
           <div class="row">
@@ -489,18 +532,6 @@
                   {{t "clusterNew.googlegke.clusterAddons.httpLoadBalancing"}}
                 </label>
               </div>
-              <div class="checkbox">
-                <label>
-                  {{input
-                    type="checkbox"
-                    checked=config.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig
-                    disabled=(or
-                      (not isNewOrEditable) cluster.enableNetworkPolicy
-                    )
-                  }}
-                  {{t "clusterNew.googlegke.clusterAddons.networkPolicyConfig"}}
-                </label>
-              </div>
             </div>
             <div class="col span-6">
               <label class="acc-label">
diff --git a/translations/en-us.yaml b/translations/en-us.yaml
index 9db0825f6..1f8e9eb7a 100644
--- a/translations/en-us.yaml
+++ b/translations/en-us.yaml
@@ -3918,7 +3918,7 @@ clusterNew:
       zone: Zonal
     locations:
       label: Additional Zones
-      warning: "Total (in all zones): {totalNodes}"
+      warning: 'Total (in all zones): {totalNodes}'
     loggingMonitoringWarning: Logging and Monitoring service options can be created independently, but they may not be updated separately. They must both either be NONE or have their corresponding service set.
     loggingService:
       default: logging.googleapis.com/kubernetes
@@ -3965,7 +3965,8 @@ clusterNew:
     network:
       label: Network
     networkPolicy:
-      label: Network Policy
+      help: To enable network policy for nodes, first enable network policy for master and apply the update.
+      label: Network Policy for Nodes
     nodeCount:
       label: Node Count
       outsideError: The specified number of nodes in the node pool is outside the specified autoscaling limits
@@ -4000,6 +4001,7 @@ clusterNew:
       default: Allow default access
       full: Allow full access to all Cloud APIs
       label: Access scopes
+    policyConfigDisableWarning: Disabling "network policy" will remove and recreate all nodes in all node pools. Depending on the specs of the cluster, this could take a significant amount of time.
     preemptible:
       label: Preemptible nodes (beta)
       warning: Preemptible nodes will live at most 24 hours.
@@ -4057,9 +4059,9 @@ clusterNew:
     taskQueue:
       label: Task queue
     useIpAliases:
+      error: Use IP Aliases is disabled, a network and subnetwork must be selected.
       label: Ip Aliases
       warning: When Disabling IP Aliases you must select both a network and subnet.
-      error: Use IP Aliases is disabled, a network and subnetwork must be selected.
     userInfo:
       label: User Info
     zone: