diff --git a/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/Vagrantfile b/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/Vagrantfile
index 7bed8e3643..b58b5bf492 100644
--- a/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/Vagrantfile
+++ b/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 # -*- mode: ruby -*-
 # # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
-if Vagrant::VERSION < "1.6.0"
-  raise "Need at least vagrant version 1.6.0, please update"
-end
+Vagrant.require_version ">= 2.2.5"
 
-require_relative 'change_host_name.rb'
 require_relative 'configure_networks.rb'
 require_relative 'base_mac.rb'
 
@@ -27,6 +24,10 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     # Fix docker not being able to resolve private registry in VirtualBox
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natdnshostresolver1", "on"]
     vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natdnsproxy1", "on"]
+
+    if File.exist?("config.ign")
+      vb.customize ["guestproperty", "set", :id, "/Ignition/Config", File.read("config.ign")]
+    end
   end
 
   config.vm.provider :vmware_fusion do |vf|
@@ -38,4 +39,9 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     prl.check_guest_tools = false
     prl.functional_psf    = false
   end
- end
+
+  if File.exist?("user-data")
+    config.vm.provision :file, :source => "user-data", :destination => "/tmp/vagrantfile-user-data"
+    config.vm.provision :shell, :inline => "mv /tmp/vagrantfile-user-data /var/lib/flatcar-vagrant/", :privileged => true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/change_host_name.rb b/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/change_host_name.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bae625e235..0000000000
--- a/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/change_host_name.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: ruby -*-
-# # vi: set ft=ruby :
-
-# NOTE: This monkey-patching of the coreos guest plugin is a terrible
-# hack that needs to be removed once the upstream plugin works with
-# alpha CoreOS images.
-
-require 'tempfile'
-require Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name.rb")
-
-CLOUD_CONFIG = <<EOF
-#cloud-config
-
-hostname: %s
-EOF
-
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module GuestCoreOS
-    module Cap
-      class ChangeHostName
-        def self.change_host_name(machine, name)
-          machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
-            temp = Tempfile.new("coreos-vagrant")
-            temp.binmode
-            temp.write(CLOUD_CONFIG % [name])
-            temp.close
-
-            path = "/var/tmp/hostname.yml"
-            path_esc = path.gsub("/", "-")[1..-1]
-            comm.upload(temp.path, path)
-            comm.sudo("systemctl start system-cloudinit@#{path_esc}.service")
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/configure_networks.rb b/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/configure_networks.rb
index 83377103a4..be1eba7397 100644
--- a/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/build_library/oem/vagrant/build/box/configure_networks.rb
@@ -1,140 +1,18 @@
 # -*- mode: ruby -*-
 # # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
-# NOTE: This monkey-patching of the coreos guest plugin is a terrible
-# hack that needs to be removed once the upstream plugin works with
-# alpha CoreOS images.
+# NOTE: This monkey-patching is done to force cloud-init over NetworkManager.
+# Vagrant attempts to detect cloud-init, but Flatcar doesn't have an executable
+# under that name, only coreos-cloudinit.
 
-require 'tempfile'
-require 'ipaddr'
-require 'log4r'
 require Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks.rb")
 
-BASE_CLOUD_CONFIG = <<EOF
-#cloud-config
-
-write_files:
-  - path: /etc/environment
-    content: |
-      COREOS_PUBLIC_IPV4=%s
-      COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=%s
-coreos:
-    units:
-EOF
-
-NETWORK_UNIT = <<EOF
-      - name: %s
-        runtime: no
-        content: |
-          [Match]
-          %s
-
-          [Network]
-          Address=%s
-EOF
-
-# Borrowed from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1825928/netmask-to-cidr-in-ruby
-IPAddr.class_eval do
-  def to_cidr
-    self.to_i.to_s(2).count("1")
-  end
-end
-
 module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestCoreOS
     module Cap
       class ConfigureNetworks
-        @@logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::guest::coreos::configure_networks")
-
         def self.configure_networks(machine, networks)
-          public_ipv4, private_ipv4 = get_environment_ips(machine, "127.0.0.1")
-          cfg = BASE_CLOUD_CONFIG % [public_ipv4, private_ipv4]
-
-          # Define network units by mac address if possible.
-          match_rules = {}
-          if false
-            #if machine.provider.capability?(:nic_mac_addresses)
-            # untested, required feature hasn't made it into a release yet
-            match_rules = match_by_mac(machine)
-          else
-            match_rules = match_by_name(machine)
-          end
-
-          @@logger.debug("Networks: #{networks.inspect}")
-          @@logger.debug("Interfaces: #{match_rules.inspect}")
-
-          # Generate any static networks, let DHCP handle the rest
-          networks.each do |network|
-            next if network[:type].to_sym != :static
-            interface = network[:interface].to_i
-            unit_name = "50-vagrant%d.network" % [interface]
-
-            match = match_rules[interface]
-            if match.nil?
-                @@logger.warn("Could not find match rule for network #{network.inspect}")
-                next
-            end
-
-            cidr = IPAddr.new(network[:netmask]).to_cidr
-            address = "%s/%s" % [network[:ip], cidr]
-            cfg << NETWORK_UNIT % [unit_name, match, address]
-          end
-
-          machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
-            temp = Tempfile.new("coreos-vagrant")
-            temp.binmode
-            temp.write(cfg)
-            temp.close
-
-            path = "/var/tmp/networks.yml"
-            path_esc = path.gsub("/", "-")[1..-1]
-            comm.upload(temp.path, path)
-            comm.sudo("systemctl start system-cloudinit@#{path_esc}.service")
-          end
-        end
-
-        # Find IP addresses to export in /etc/environment. This only works
-        # for static addresses defined in the user's Vagrantfile.
-        def self.get_environment_ips(machine, default)
-          public_ipv4 = nil
-          private_ipv4 = nil
-
-          machine.config.vm.networks.each do |type, options|
-            next if !options[:ip]
-            if type == :public_network
-              public_ipv4 = options[:ip]
-            elsif type == :private_network
-              private_ipv4 = options[:ip]
-            end
-          end
-
-          # Fall back to localhost if no static networks are configured.
-          private_ipv4 ||= default
-          public_ipv4 ||= private_ipv4
-          return [public_ipv4, private_ipv4]
-        end
-
-        def self.match_by_name(machine)
-          match = {}
-          machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
-            comm.sudo("ifconfig -a | grep '^en\\|^eth' | cut -f1 -d:") do |_, result|
-              result.split("\n").each_with_index do |name, interface|
-                match[interface] = "Name=#{name}"
-              end
-            end
-          end
-          match
-        end
-
-        def self.match_by_mac(machine)
-          match = {}
-          macs = machine.provider.capability(:nic_mac_addresses)
-          macs.each do |adapter, address|
-            # The adapter list from VirtualBox is 1 indexed instead of 0
-            interface = adapter.to_i - 1
-            match[interface] = "MACAddress=#{address}"
-          end
-          match
+          configure_networks_cloud_init(machine, networks)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/changelog/changes/2026-04-29-vagrant.md b/changelog/changes/2026-04-29-vagrant.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..764ff08c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2026-04-29-vagrant.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Refreshed the Vagrant and Vagrant Parallels images for use with recent Vagrant releases, adding implicit support for provisioning with Ignition (VirtualBox only) or cloud-config. Vagrant 2.2.5 is now required. See the revised documentation for further details.