diff --git a/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 68af8c6e693..c5c15226c0a 100644
--- a/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -59694,7 +59694,7 @@ func schema_openshift_api_operatoringress_v1_DNSRecordSpec(ref common.ReferenceC
 					},
 					"recordType": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\" or \"CNAME\".",
+							Description: "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\", \"AAAA\", or \"CNAME\".",
 							Default:     "",
 							Type:        []string{"string"},
 							Format:      "",
diff --git a/openapi/openapi.json b/openapi/openapi.json
index 4778b14d73a..62683262483 100644
--- a/openapi/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi/openapi.json
@@ -34908,7 +34908,7 @@
           "default": 0
         },
         "recordType": {
-          "description": "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\" or \"CNAME\".",
+          "description": "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\", \"AAAA\", or \"CNAME\".",
           "type": "string",
           "default": ""
         },
diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/types.go b/operatoringress/v1/types.go
index a50d1148e5c..aa2525183a7 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/types.go
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/types.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type DNSRecordSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:MinItems=1
 	// +required
 	Targets []string `json:"targets"`
-	// recordType is the DNS record type. For example, "A" or "CNAME".
+	// recordType is the DNS record type. For example, "A", "AAAA", or "CNAME".
 	// +required
 	RecordType DNSRecordType `json:"recordType"`
 	// recordTTL is the record TTL in seconds. If zero, the default is 30.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type DNSZoneCondition struct {
 }
 
 // DNSRecordType is a DNS resource record type.
-// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=CNAME;A
+// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=CNAME;A;AAAA
 type DNSRecordType string
 
 const (
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ const (
 
 	// ARecordType is an RFC 1035 A record.
 	ARecordType DNSRecordType = "A"
+
+	// AAAARecordType is an RFC 3596 AAAA record that is used to map a domain name to an IPv6 address.
+	AAAARecordType DNSRecordType = "AAAA"
 )
 
 // DNSManagementPolicy is a policy for configuring how the dns controller
diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.crd-manifests/0000_50_dns_01_dnsrecords.crd.yaml b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.crd-manifests/0000_50_dns_01_dnsrecords.crd.yaml
index c0a64012d8a..77577a5655c 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.crd-manifests/0000_50_dns_01_dnsrecords.crd.yaml
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.crd-manifests/0000_50_dns_01_dnsrecords.crd.yaml
@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@ spec:
                 minimum: 0
                 type: integer
               recordType:
-                description: recordType is the DNS record type. For example, "A" or
-                  "CNAME".
+                description: recordType is the DNS record type. For example, "A",
+                  "AAAA", or "CNAME".
                 enum:
                 - CNAME
                 - A
+                - AAAA
                 type: string
               targets:
                 description: targets are record targets.
diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.featuregated-crd-manifests/dnsrecords.ingress.operator.openshift.io/AAA_ungated.yaml b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.featuregated-crd-manifests/dnsrecords.ingress.operator.openshift.io/AAA_ungated.yaml
index a93f818c678..16f4f66c8cb 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.featuregated-crd-manifests/dnsrecords.ingress.operator.openshift.io/AAA_ungated.yaml
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.featuregated-crd-manifests/dnsrecords.ingress.operator.openshift.io/AAA_ungated.yaml
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ spec:
                 minimum: 0
                 type: integer
               recordType:
-                description: recordType is the DNS record type. For example, "A" or
-                  "CNAME".
+                description: recordType is the DNS record type. For example, "A",
+                  "AAAA", or "CNAME".
                 enum:
                 - CNAME
                 - A
+                - AAAA
                 type: string
               targets:
                 description: targets are record targets.
diff --git a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
index 56ef173aa44..8eecccccd79 100644
--- a/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/operatoringress/v1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var map_DNSRecordSpec = map[string]string{
 	"":                    "DNSRecordSpec contains the details of a DNS record.",
 	"dnsName":             "dnsName is the hostname of the DNS record",
 	"targets":             "targets are record targets.",
-	"recordType":          "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\" or \"CNAME\".",
+	"recordType":          "recordType is the DNS record type. For example, \"A\", \"AAAA\", or \"CNAME\".",
 	"recordTTL":           "recordTTL is the record TTL in seconds. If zero, the default is 30. RecordTTL will not be used in AWS regions Alias targets, but will be used in CNAME targets, per AWS API contract.",
 	"dnsManagementPolicy": "dnsManagementPolicy denotes the current policy applied on the DNS record. Records that have policy set as \"Unmanaged\" are ignored by the ingress operator.  This means that the DNS record on the cloud provider is not managed by the operator, and the \"Published\" status condition will be updated to \"Unknown\" status, since it is externally managed. Any existing record on the cloud provider can be deleted at the discretion of the cluster admin.\n\nThis field defaults to Managed. Valid values are \"Managed\" and \"Unmanaged\".",
 }