diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main.go
index 63c049fef..413111c74 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package ipwhitelist
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -73,7 +74,15 @@ func (a ipwhitelist) Parse(ing *networking.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
 		return &SourceRange{CIDR: defaultWhitelistSourceRange}, nil
 	}
 
-	values := strings.Split(val, ",")
+	var values []string
+
+	// Attempt to unmarshal the YAML list
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(val), &values)
+	if err != nil || values == nil {
+		// If unmarshalling fails, attempt to split the comma-separated string
+		values = strings.Split(val, ",")
+	}
+
 	ipnets, ips, err := net.ParseIPNets(values...)
 	if err != nil && len(ips) == 0 {
 		return &SourceRange{CIDR: defaultWhitelistSourceRange}, ing_errors.LocationDenied{
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main_test.go
index 5042bb200..3c88364b7 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/ipwhitelist/main_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ func TestParseAnnotationsWithDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			expectCidr: []string{"1.1.1.1/32", "2.2.2.2/32", "3.3.3.0/24"},
 			expectErr:  false,
 		},
+		"test parse multiple valid cidr with newlines and comments": {
+			net: "- 2.2.2.2/32\n" +
+				"- 1.1.1.1/32\n" +
+				"# Comment describing this next IP\n" +
+				"- 3.3.3.0/24\n",
+			expectCidr: []string{"1.1.1.1/32", "2.2.2.2/32", "3.3.3.0/24"},
+			expectErr:  false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for testName, test := range tests {