diff --git a/ansible/roles/ccm-deploy/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ccm-deploy/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0cb42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ccm-deploy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+---
+- name: Check if hcloud secret exists
+  command: kubectl -n kube-system get secret hcloud
+  register: hcloud_secret_check
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
+- name: Fail if hcloud secret is missing
+  fail:
+    msg: "hcloud secret not found in kube-system namespace. CCM requires it."
+  when: hcloud_secret_check.rc != 0
+
+- name: Add Hetzner Helm repository
+  kubernetes.core.helm_repository:
+    name: hcloud
+    repo_url: https://charts.hetzner.cloud
+    kubeconfig: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
+  environment:
+    KUBECONFIG: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
+
+- name: Deploy Hetzner Cloud Controller Manager
+  kubernetes.core.helm:
+    name: hcloud-cloud-controller-manager
+    chart_ref: hcloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager
+    release_namespace: kube-system
+    create_namespace: true
+    values:
+      networking:
+        enabled: true
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+      additionalTolerations:
+        - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+          operator: Exists
+          effect: NoSchedule
+    kubeconfig: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
+    wait: true
+    wait_timeout: 300s
+  environment:
+    KUBECONFIG: /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
+
+- name: Wait for CCM to be ready
+  command: kubectl -n kube-system rollout status deployment/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager --timeout=120s
+  changed_when: false
+  register: ccm_rollout
+  until: ccm_rollout.rc == 0
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10
+
+- name: Pause to ensure CCM is fully ready to process new nodes
+  pause:
+    seconds: 10
+
+- name: Verify CCM is removing uninitialized taints
+  command: kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{.items[*].spec.taints[?(@.key=="node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized")].key}'
+  register: uninitialized_taints
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
+- name: Display taint status
+  debug:
+    msg: "Nodes with uninitialized taint: {{ uninitialized_taints.stdout }}"
diff --git a/ansible/site.yml b/ansible/site.yml
index 2eefa56..01cbbe1 100644
--- a/ansible/site.yml
+++ b/ansible/site.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@
         dest: ../outputs/kubeconfig
         flat: true
 
+- name: Bootstrap addon prerequisite secrets
+  hosts: control_plane[0]
+  become: true
+
+  roles:
+    - addon-secrets-bootstrap
+
+- name: Deploy Hetzner CCM (required for workers with external cloud provider)
+  hosts: control_plane[0]
+  become: true
+
+  roles:
+    - ccm-deploy
+
 - name: Setup secondary control planes
   hosts: control_plane[1:]
   become: true
@@ -75,13 +89,6 @@
   roles:
     - k3s-agent
 
-- name: Bootstrap addon prerequisite secrets
-  hosts: control_plane[0]
-  become: true
-
-  roles:
-    - addon-secrets-bootstrap
-
 - name: Deploy observability stack
   hosts: control_plane[0]
   become: true