diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go
index ca1a8cc674..f72e3db86c 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/v2/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/v2/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/v2/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/utils"
+
 	// TODO @pvditt fix
 	//propellerCfg "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flytepropeller/pkg/controller/config"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/v2/flytestdlib/logger"
@@ -469,6 +470,9 @@ func BuildRawPod(ctx context.Context, tCtx pluginsCore.TaskExecutionContext) (*v
 			"invalid TaskSpecification, unable to determine Pod configuration")
 	}
 
+	enableServiceLinks := false
+	podSpec.EnableServiceLinks = &enableServiceLinks
+
 	return podSpec, &objectMeta, primaryContainerName, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper_test.go
index 505c68f201..39fc9e0ff6 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func dummyExecContext(taskTemplate *core.TaskTemplate, r *v1.ResourceRequirement
 	tCtx.EXPECT().OutputWriter().Return(ow)
 
 	taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-	taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(taskTemplate, nil)
+	taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(taskTemplate, nil)
 	tCtx.EXPECT().TaskReader().Return(taskReader)
 	return tCtx
 }
@@ -1939,6 +1939,15 @@ func TestToK8sPod(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, p.HostNetwork)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("disableServiceLinks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.NoError(t, config.SetK8sPluginConfig(&config.K8sPluginConfig{}))
+		x := dummyExecContext(dummyTaskTemplate(), &v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil)
+		p, _, _, err := ToK8sPodSpec(ctx, x)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, p.EnableServiceLinks)
+		assert.False(t, *p.EnableServiceLinks)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("default-pod-dns-config", func(t *testing.T) {
 		val1 := "1"
 		val2 := "1"
@@ -3046,7 +3055,7 @@ func TestGetPodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-		taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
+		taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
 
 		tCtx := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskExecutionContext{}
 		tCtx.EXPECT().TaskExecutionMetadata().Return(dummyTaskExecutionMetadata(&v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil))
@@ -3072,7 +3081,7 @@ func TestGetPodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-		taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
+		taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
 
 		tCtx := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskExecutionContext{}
 		tCtx.EXPECT().TaskExecutionMetadata().Return(dummyTaskExecutionMetadata(&v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil))
@@ -3099,7 +3108,7 @@ func TestGetPodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-		taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
+		taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
 
 		tCtx := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskExecutionContext{}
 		tCtx.EXPECT().TaskExecutionMetadata().Return(dummyTaskExecutionMetadata(&v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil))
@@ -3127,7 +3136,7 @@ func TestGetPodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-		taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
+		taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
 
 		tCtx := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskExecutionContext{}
 		tCtx.EXPECT().TaskExecutionMetadata().Return(dummyTaskExecutionMetadata(&v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil))
@@ -3169,7 +3178,7 @@ func TestMergeWithBasePodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-		taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
+		taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
 
 		tCtx := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskExecutionContext{}
 		tCtx.EXPECT().TaskExecutionMetadata().Return(dummyTaskExecutionMetadata(&v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil))
@@ -3231,7 +3240,7 @@ func TestMergeWithBasePodTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		taskReader := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskReader{}
-		taskReader.EXPECT().Read( mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
+		taskReader.EXPECT().Read(mock.Anything).Return(task, nil)
 
 		tCtx := &pluginsCoreMock.TaskExecutionContext{}
 		tCtx.EXPECT().TaskExecutionMetadata().Return(dummyTaskExecutionMetadata(&v1.ResourceRequirements{}, nil, "", nil))
diff --git a/gen/rust/Cargo.lock b/gen/rust/Cargo.lock
index e784fe1a99..df35a5c975 100644
--- a/gen/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/gen/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.54"
+version = "1.2.55"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6354c81bbfd62d9cfa9cb3c773c2b7b2a3a482d569de977fd0e961f6e7c00583"
+checksum = "47b26a0954ae34af09b50f0de26458fa95369a0d478d8236d3f93082b219bd29"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "shlex",
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8591b0bcc8a98a64310a2fae1bb3e9b8564dd10e381e6e28010fde8e8e8568db"
+checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fixedbitset"
@@ -1723,18 +1723,18 @@ checksum = "d7249219f66ced02969388cf2bb044a09756a083d0fab1e566056b04d9fbcaa5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.35"
+version = "0.8.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fdea86ddd5568519879b8187e1cf04e24fce28f7fe046ceecbce472ff19a2572"
+checksum = "7456cf00f0685ad319c5b1693f291a650eaf345e941d082fc4e03df8a03996ac"
 dependencies = [
  "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.35"
+version = "0.8.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c15e1b46eff7c6c91195752e0eeed8ef040e391cdece7c25376957d5f15df22"
+checksum = "1328722bbf2115db7e19d69ebcc15e795719e2d66b60827c6a69a117365e37a0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",