diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index 9b45c582400d..8ce08f8d8582 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func deletePossibleKicLeftOver(cname string, driverName string) {
 		klog.Warningf("error deleting volumes (might be okay).\nTo see the list of volumes run: 'docker volume ls'\n:%v", errs)
 	}
 
-	errs = oci.DeleteKICNetworks()
+	errs = oci.DeleteKICNetworks(bin)
 	if errs != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("error deleting leftover networks (might be okay).\nTo see the list of networks: 'docker network ls'\n:%v", errs)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index 4c47a478cf6f..156079675dc1 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected no container ID be found for %q after delete. but got %q", d.MachineName, id)
 	}
 
-	if err := oci.RemoveNetwork(d.NodeConfig.ClusterName); err != nil {
+	if err := oci.RemoveNetwork(d.OCIBinary, d.NodeConfig.ClusterName); err != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("failed to remove network (which might be okay) %s: %v", d.NodeConfig.ClusterName, err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go
index 6089d88cb7d7..ce4aa00be45d 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go
@@ -85,14 +85,15 @@ func LogContainerDebug(ociBin string, name string) string {
 		} else {
 			klog.Infof("postmortem docker info: %+v", di)
 		}
-		logDockerNetworkInspect(name)
+		logDockerNetworkInspect(ociBin, name)
 	} else {
 		pi, err := podmanSystemInfo()
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Warningf("couldn't get postmortem info, failed to to run podman info: %v", err)
+			klog.Warningf("couldn't get postmortem podman info: %v", err)
 		} else {
 			klog.Infof("postmortem podman info: %+v", pi)
 		}
+		logDockerNetworkInspect(ociBin, name)
 	}
 
 	if rr.Stdout.Len() == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
index a3c7edb94f6e..de2b742adf2c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 func RoutableHostIPFromInside(ociBin string, clusterName string, containerName string) (net.IP, error) {
 	if ociBin == Docker {
 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-			info, err := dockerNetworkInspect(clusterName)
+			info, err := containerNetworkInspect(ociBin, clusterName)
 			if err != nil {
 				if errors.Is(err, ErrNetworkNotFound) {
 					klog.Infof("The container %s is not attached to a network, this could be because the cluster was created by minikube <v1.14, will try to get the IP using container gatway", containerName)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func RoutableHostIPFromInside(ociBin string, clusterName string, containerName s
 	}
 	// podman
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-		return containerGatewayIP(Podman, containerName)
+		return containerGatewayIP(ociBin, containerName)
 	}
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("RoutableHostIPFromInside is currently only implemented for linux")
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ func ForwardedPort(ociBin string, ociID string, contPort int) (int, error) {
 // ContainerIPs returns ipv4,ipv6, error of a container by their name
 func ContainerIPs(ociBin string, name string) (string, string, error) {
 	if ociBin == Podman {
-		return podmanContainerIP(name)
+		return podmanContainerIP(ociBin, name)
 	}
-	return dockerContainerIP(name)
+	return dockerContainerIP(ociBin, name)
 }
 
 // podmanContainerIP returns ipv4, ipv6 of container or error
-func podmanContainerIP(name string) (string, string, error) {
-	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Podman, "container", "inspect",
+func podmanContainerIP(ociBin string, name string) (string, string, error) {
+	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(ociBin, "container", "inspect",
 		"-f", "{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}",
 		name))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -143,15 +143,20 @@ func podmanContainerIP(name string) (string, string, error) {
 	}
 	output := strings.TrimSpace(rr.Stdout.String())
 	if err == nil && output == "" { // podman returns empty for 127.0.0.1
+		// check network, if the ip address is missing
+		ipv4, ipv6, err := dockerContainerIP(ociBin, name)
+		if err == nil {
+			return ipv4, ipv6, nil
+		}
 		return DefaultBindIPV4, "", nil
 	}
 	return output, "", nil
 }
 
 // dockerContainerIP returns ipv4, ipv6 of container or error
-func dockerContainerIP(name string) (string, string, error) {
+func dockerContainerIP(ociBin string, name string) (string, string, error) {
 	// retrieve the IP address of the node using docker inspect
-	lines, err := inspect(Docker, name, "{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}},{{.GlobalIPv6Address}}{{end}}")
+	lines, err := inspect(ociBin, name, "{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}},{{.GlobalIPv6Address}}{{end}}")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", errors.Wrap(err, "inspecting NetworkSettings.Networks")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go
index 9b927501f66e..e9421fcb4a27 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network_create.go
@@ -37,20 +37,17 @@ const firstSubnetAddr = "192.168.49.0"
 // big enough for a cluster of 254 nodes
 const defaultSubnetMask = 24
 
-// name of the default Docker bridge network, used to lookup the MTU (see #9528)
-const dockerDefaultBridge = "bridge"
+// name of the default bridge network, used to lookup the MTU (see #9528)
+const defaultBridgeName = "bridge"
 
 // CreateNetwork creates a network returns gateway and error, minikube creates one network per cluster
 func CreateNetwork(ociBin string, name string) (net.IP, error) {
-	if ociBin != Docker {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s network not implemented yet", ociBin)
-	}
-	return createDockerNetwork(name)
+	return createDockerNetwork(ociBin, name)
 }
 
-func createDockerNetwork(clusterName string) (net.IP, error) {
+func createDockerNetwork(ociBin string, clusterName string) (net.IP, error) {
 	// check if the network already exists
-	info, err := dockerNetworkInspect(clusterName)
+	info, err := containerNetworkInspect(ociBin, clusterName)
 	if err == nil {
 		klog.Infof("Found existing network %+v", info)
 		return info.gateway, nil
@@ -58,16 +55,16 @@ func createDockerNetwork(clusterName string) (net.IP, error) {
 
 	// will try to get MTU from the docker network to avoid issue with systems with exotic MTU settings.
 	// related issue #9528
-	info, err = dockerNetworkInspect(dockerDefaultBridge)
+	info, err = containerNetworkInspect(ociBin, defaultBridgeName)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("failed to get mtu information from the docker's default network %q: %v", dockerDefaultBridge, err)
+		klog.Warningf("failed to get mtu information from the %s's default network %q: %v", ociBin, defaultBridgeName, err)
 	}
 	attempts := 0
 	subnetAddr := firstSubnetAddr
 	// Rather than iterate through all of the valid subnets, give up at 20 to avoid a lengthy user delay for something that is unlikely to work.
 	// will be like 192.168.49.0/24 ,...,192.168.239.0/24
 	for attempts < 20 {
-		info.gateway, err = tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr, defaultSubnetMask, info.mtu, clusterName)
+		info.gateway, err = tryCreateDockerNetwork(ociBin, subnetAddr, defaultSubnetMask, info.mtu, clusterName)
 		if err == nil {
 			return info.gateway, nil
 		}
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ func createDockerNetwork(clusterName string) (net.IP, error) {
 	return info.gateway, fmt.Errorf("failed to create network after 20 attempts")
 }
 
-func tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr string, subnetMask int, mtu int, name string) (net.IP, error) {
+func tryCreateDockerNetwork(ociBin string, subnetAddr string, subnetMask int, mtu int, name string) (net.IP, error) {
 	gateway := net.ParseIP(subnetAddr)
 	gateway.To4()[3]++ // first ip for gateway
 	klog.Infof("attempt to create network %s/%d with subnet: %s and gateway %s and MTU of %d ...", subnetAddr, subnetMask, name, gateway, mtu)
@@ -100,20 +97,25 @@ func tryCreateDockerNetwork(subnetAddr string, subnetMask int, mtu int, name str
 		"--driver=bridge",
 		fmt.Sprintf("--subnet=%s", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", subnetAddr, subnetMask)),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--gateway=%s", gateway),
-		// options documentation https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/network_create/#bridge-driver-options
-		"-o", "--ip-masq",
-		"-o", "--icc",
-		fmt.Sprintf("--label=%s=%s", CreatedByLabelKey, "true"),
-		name,
 	}
-
-	// adding MTU option because #9528
-	if mtu > 0 {
+	if ociBin == Docker {
+		// options documentation https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/network_create/#bridge-driver-options
+		args = append(args, "-o")
+		args = append(args, "--ip-masq")
 		args = append(args, "-o")
-		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("com.docker.network.driver.mtu=%d", mtu))
+		args = append(args, "--icc")
+
+		// adding MTU option because #9528
+		if mtu > 0 {
+			args = append(args, "-o")
+			args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("com.docker.network.driver.mtu=%d", mtu))
+		}
+
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--label=%s=%s", CreatedByLabelKey, "true"))
 	}
+	args = append(args, name)
 
-	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, args...))
+	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(ociBin, args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		// Pool overlaps with other one on this address space
 		if strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "Pool overlaps") {
@@ -135,6 +137,16 @@ type netInfo struct {
 	mtu     int
 }
 
+func containerNetworkInspect(ociBin string, name string) (netInfo, error) {
+	if ociBin == Docker {
+		return dockerNetworkInspect(name)
+	}
+	if ociBin == Podman {
+		return podmanNetworkInspect(name)
+	}
+	return netInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("%s unknown", ociBin)
+}
+
 // networkInspect is only used to unmarshal the docker network inspect output and translate it to netInfo
 type networkInspect struct {
 	Name         string
@@ -153,7 +165,7 @@ func dockerNetworkInspect(name string) (netInfo, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(Docker, "network", "inspect", name, "--format", `{"Name": "{{.Name}}","Driver": "{{.Driver}}","Subnet": "{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Subnet}}{{end}}","Gateway": "{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Gateway}}{{end}}","MTU": {{(index .Options "com.docker.network.driver.mtu")}},{{$first := true}} "ContainerIPs": [{{range $k,$v := .Containers }}{{if $first}}{{$first = false}}{{else}}, {{end}}"{{$v.IPv4Address}}"{{end}}]}`)
 	rr, err := runCmd(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
-		logDockerNetworkInspect(name)
+		logDockerNetworkInspect(Docker, name)
 		if strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "No such network") {
 
 			return info, ErrNetworkNotFound
@@ -177,8 +189,39 @@ func dockerNetworkInspect(name string) (netInfo, error) {
 	return info, nil
 }
 
-func logDockerNetworkInspect(name string) {
-	cmd := exec.Command(Docker, "network", "inspect", name)
+func podmanNetworkInspect(name string) (netInfo, error) {
+	var info = netInfo{name: name}
+	cmd := exec.Command(Podman, "network", "inspect", name, "--format", `{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Subnet}},{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Gateway}}`)
+	rr, err := runCmd(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		logDockerNetworkInspect(Podman, name)
+		if strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "No such network") {
+
+			return info, ErrNetworkNotFound
+		}
+		return info, err
+	}
+
+	// results looks like 172.17.0.0/16,172.17.0.1,1500
+	vals := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(rr.Stdout.String()), ",")
+	if len(vals) == 0 {
+		return info, fmt.Errorf("empty list network inspect: %q", rr.Output())
+	}
+
+	if len(vals) > 0 {
+		info.gateway = net.ParseIP(vals[1])
+	}
+
+	_, info.subnet, err = net.ParseCIDR(vals[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return info, errors.Wrapf(err, "parse subnet for %s", name)
+	}
+
+	return info, nil
+}
+
+func logDockerNetworkInspect(ociBin string, name string) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(ociBin, "network", "inspect", name)
 	klog.Infof("running %v to gather additional debugging logs...", cmd.Args)
 	rr, err := runCmd(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -188,11 +231,11 @@ func logDockerNetworkInspect(name string) {
 }
 
 // RemoveNetwork removes a network
-func RemoveNetwork(name string) error {
-	if !networkExists(name) {
+func RemoveNetwork(ociBin string, name string) error {
+	if !networkExists(ociBin, name) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "remove", name))
+	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(ociBin, "network", "rm", name))
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(rr.Output(), "No such network") {
 			return ErrNetworkNotFound
@@ -206,8 +249,8 @@ func RemoveNetwork(name string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func networkExists(name string) bool {
-	_, err := dockerNetworkInspect(name)
+func networkExists(ociBin string, name string) bool {
+	_, err := containerNetworkInspect(ociBin, name)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ErrNetworkNotFound) { // log unexpected error
 		klog.Warningf("Error inspecting docker network %s: %v", name, err)
 	}
@@ -216,12 +259,8 @@ func networkExists(name string) bool {
 
 // networkNamesByLabel returns all network names created by a label
 func networkNamesByLabel(ociBin string, label string) ([]string, error) {
-	if ociBin != Docker {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s not supported", ociBin)
-	}
-
 	// docker network ls --filter='label=created_by.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=true' --format '{{.Name}}'
-	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "ls", fmt.Sprintf("--filter=label=%s", label), "--format", "{{.Name}}"))
+	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(ociBin, "network", "ls", fmt.Sprintf("--filter=label=%s", label), "--format", "{{.Name}}"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -235,14 +274,14 @@ func networkNamesByLabel(ociBin string, label string) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 // DeleteKICNetworks deletes all networks created by kic
-func DeleteKICNetworks() []error {
+func DeleteKICNetworks(ociBin string) []error {
 	var errs []error
-	ns, err := networkNamesByLabel(Docker, CreatedByLabelKey+"=true")
+	ns, err := networkNamesByLabel(ociBin, CreatedByLabelKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []error{errors.Wrap(err, "list all volume")}
 	}
 	for _, n := range ns {
-		err := RemoveNetwork(n)
+		err := RemoveNetwork(ociBin, n)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
index 087d6224f4b6..63c45fc2833d 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ func CreateContainerNode(p CreateParams) error {
 		// label th enode wuth the node ID
 		"--label", p.NodeLabel,
 	}
+	// to provide a static IP
+	if p.Network != "" && p.IP != "" {
+		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--network", p.Network)
+		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--ip", p.IP)
+	}
+
 	memcgSwap := true
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 		if _, err := os.Stat("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memsw.limit_in_bytes"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -170,11 +176,6 @@ func CreateContainerNode(p CreateParams) error {
 		virtualization = "podman" // VIRTUALIZATION_PODMAN
 	}
 	if p.OCIBinary == Docker {
-		// to provide a static IP for docker
-		if p.Network != "" && p.IP != "" {
-			runArgs = append(runArgs, "--network", p.Network)
-			runArgs = append(runArgs, "--ip", p.IP)
-		}
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/var", p.Name))
 		// ignore apparmore github actions docker: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7624
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--security-opt", "apparmor=unconfined")