diff --git a/framework/.changeset/v0.14.2.md b/framework/.changeset/v0.14.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7da317602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/.changeset/v0.14.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Expose P2P only in K8s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/framework/components/clnode/clnode.go b/framework/components/clnode/clnode.go
index 3e1323eb3..6213c67b8 100644
--- a/framework/components/clnode/clnode.go
+++ b/framework/components/clnode/clnode.go
@@ -185,13 +185,15 @@ func generateEntryPoint() []string {
 
 // natPortsToK8sFormat transforms nat.PortMap
 // to Pods port pair format: $external_port:$internal_port
-func natPortsToK8sFormat(nat nat.PortMap) []string {
+func natPortsToK8sFormat(in *Input, nat nat.PortMap) []string {
 	out := make([]string, 0)
 	for port, portBinding := range nat {
 		for _, b := range portBinding {
 			out = append(out, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", b.HostPort, strconv.Itoa(port.Int())))
 		}
 	}
+	// we are exposing P2P port in K8s via service
+	out = append(out, fmt.Sprintf("%d:%s", in.Node.P2PPort, DefaultP2PPort))
 	return out
 }
 
@@ -200,8 +202,7 @@ func natPortsToK8sFormat(nat nat.PortMap) []string {
 // exposes custom_ports in format "host:docker" or map 1-to-1 if only "host" port is provided
 func generatePortBindings(in *Input) ([]string, nat.PortMap, error) {
 	httpPort := fmt.Sprintf("%s/tcp", DefaultHTTPPort)
-	p2pPort := fmt.Sprintf("%s/udp", DefaultP2PPort)
-	exposedPorts := []string{httpPort, p2pPort}
+	exposedPorts := []string{httpPort}
 	portBindings := nat.PortMap{
 		nat.Port(httpPort): []nat.PortBinding{
 			{
@@ -209,12 +210,6 @@ func generatePortBindings(in *Input) ([]string, nat.PortMap, error) {
 				HostPort: strconv.Itoa(in.Node.HTTPPort),
 			},
 		},
-		nat.Port(p2pPort): []nat.PortBinding{
-			{
-				HostIP:   "0.0.0.0",
-				HostPort: strconv.Itoa(in.Node.P2PPort),
-			},
-		},
 	}
 	if os.Getenv("CTF_CLNODE_DLV") == "true" {
 		innerDebuggerPort := fmt.Sprintf("%d/tcp", DefaultDebuggerPort)
@@ -328,7 +323,7 @@ func newNode(ctx context.Context, in *Input, pgOut *postgres.Output) (*NodeOut,
 					Env:      pods.EnvsFromMap(in.Node.EnvVars),
 					Requests: pods.ResourcesMedium(),
 					Limits:   pods.ResourcesMedium(),
-					Ports:    natPortsToK8sFormat(portBindings),
+					Ports:    natPortsToK8sFormat(in, portBindings),
 					ContainerSecurityContext: &v1.SecurityContext{
 						// these are specific things we need for staging cluster
 						RunAsNonRoot: pods.Ptr(true),
diff --git a/framework/examples/myproject/go.mod b/framework/examples/myproject/go.mod
index 1fa2a325c..86fb0a29b 100644
--- a/framework/examples/myproject/go.mod
+++ b/framework/examples/myproject/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.16.5
 	github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.17.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/framework v0.12.6
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/framework/components/fake v0.0.0-20250707095700-c7855f06ddd1
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/framework/components/fake v0.14.1-0.20260213164828-895e6febd040
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/seth v1.50.10
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/wasp v1.51.2
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.20.0
diff --git a/framework/tmpl_gen_test.go b/framework/tmpl_gen_test.go
index 9239746b2..1aec1770e 100644
--- a/framework/tmpl_gen_test.go
+++ b/framework/tmpl_gen_test.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ type TestCfg struct {
 	NodeSets    []*ns.Input         `toml:"nodesets"    validate:"required"`
 }
 
-// TestSmokeGenerateDevEnv top-down approach tests until all the environment variations aren't stable
-func TestSmokeGenerateDevEnv(t *testing.T) {
+// TestGenerateDevEnv top-down approach tests until all the environment variations aren't stable
+func TestGenerateDevEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string
 		cliName     string