diff --git a/cloudinit/net/network_manager.py b/cloudinit/net/network_manager.py
index 8047f79690d..39277cc3ec0 100644
--- a/cloudinit/net/network_manager.py
+++ b/cloudinit/net/network_manager.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 class NMConnection:
     """Represents a NetworkManager connection profile."""
 
-    def __init__(self, con_id):
+    def __init__(self, con_id, cloud_config=None):
         """
         Initializes the connection with some very basic properties,
         notably the UUID so that the connection can be referred to.
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ def __init__(self, con_id):
         # Identity option name mapping, to achieve case sensitivity
         self.config.optionxform = str
 
+        self.cloud_config = {} if not cloud_config else cloud_config
+
         self.config["connection"] = {
             "id": f"cloud-init {con_id}",
             "uuid": str(uuid.uuid5(CI_NM_UUID, con_id)),
@@ -105,6 +107,12 @@ def _set_ip_method(self, family, subnet_type):
         if self.config[family]["method"] == "auto" and method == "manual":
             return
 
+        flavor = self.cloud_config.get("flavor", "rhel")
+        if flavor == "rhel" and subnet_type == "ipv6_dhcpv6-stateful":
+            # set ipv4 method to 'disabled' so that dhcp4 is turned off and
+            # the setting aligns with sysconfig renderer
+            self._set_default("ipv4", "method", "disabled")
+
         self.config[family]["method"] = method
         self._set_default(family, "may-fail", "false")
 
@@ -342,6 +350,7 @@ class Renderer(renderer.Renderer):
 
     def __init__(self, config=None):
         self.connections = {}
+        self.config = config
 
     def get_conn(self, con_id):
         return self.connections[con_id]
@@ -363,7 +372,9 @@ def render_network_state(
         # interfaces that have UUIDs that can be linked to from related
         # interfaces
         for iface in network_state.iter_interfaces():
-            self.connections[iface["name"]] = NMConnection(iface["name"])
+            self.connections[iface["name"]] = NMConnection(
+                iface["name"], self.config
+            )
 
         # Now render the actual interface configuration
         for iface in network_state.iter_interfaces():
diff --git a/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py b/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
index f5fd2acfea2..ef613778afa 100644
--- a/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
+++ b/cloudinit/net/sysconfig.py
@@ -439,10 +439,11 @@ def _render_subnets(cls, iface_cfg, subnets, has_default_route, flavor):
                 elif (
                     flavor == "rhel" and subnet_type == "ipv6_dhcpv6-stateful"
                 ):
-                    iface_cfg["BOOTPROTO"] = "dhcp"
+                    iface_cfg["BOOTPROTO"] = "none"
                     iface_cfg["DHCPV6C"] = True
                     iface_cfg["IPV6INIT"] = True
                     iface_cfg["IPV6_AUTOCONF"] = False
+                    iface_cfg["IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL"] = True
                 else:
                     iface_cfg["IPV6INIT"] = True
                     # Configure network settings using DHCPv6
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_net.py b/tests/unittests/test_net.py
index da82b15a70a..959d8de36bd 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_net.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_net.py
@@ -2091,11 +2091,12 @@
         "expected_sysconfig_rhel": {
             "ifcfg-iface0": textwrap.dedent(
                 """\
-            BOOTPROTO=dhcp
+            BOOTPROTO=none
             DEVICE=iface0
             DHCPV6C=yes
             IPV6INIT=yes
             IPV6_AUTOCONF=no
+            IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
             IPV6_FORCE_ACCEPT_RA=yes
             DEVICE=iface0
             NM_CONTROLLED=no