diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/helm-chart.md b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/helm-chart.md
index 9137647b508..29257e4e5b3 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/helm-chart.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/helm-chart.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ To use [the values available](#values), with `helm install` or `helm upgrade`, u
 | tetragon.commandOverride | list | `[]` |  |
 | tetragon.enableK8sAPI | bool | `true` |  |
 | tetragon.enableMsgHandlingLatency | bool | `false` |  |
-| tetragon.enablePolicyFilter | bool | `false` |  |
+| tetragon.enablePolicyFilter | bool | `true` |  |
 | tetragon.enablePolicyFilterDebug | bool | `false` |  |
 | tetragon.enableProcessCred | bool | `false` |  |
 | tetragon.enableProcessNs | bool | `false` |  |
diff --git a/install/kubernetes/README.md b/install/kubernetes/README.md
index d4d4ea9e487..d46849122a0 100644
--- a/install/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/install/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Helm chart for Tetragon
 | tetragon.commandOverride | list | `[]` |  |
 | tetragon.enableK8sAPI | bool | `true` |  |
 | tetragon.enableMsgHandlingLatency | bool | `false` |  |
-| tetragon.enablePolicyFilter | bool | `false` |  |
+| tetragon.enablePolicyFilter | bool | `true` |  |
 | tetragon.enablePolicyFilterDebug | bool | `false` |  |
 | tetragon.enableProcessCred | bool | `false` |  |
 | tetragon.enableProcessNs | bool | `false` |  |
diff --git a/install/kubernetes/values.yaml b/install/kubernetes/values.yaml
index d0e41eac174..46ed3d5b8d6 100644
--- a/install/kubernetes/values.yaml
+++ b/install/kubernetes/values.yaml
@@ -144,9 +144,8 @@ tetragon:
     address: "localhost"
     # -- The port at which to expose gops.
     port: 8118
-  # Enable policy filter. This is required for K8s namespace filtering.
-  # NB: this is currently a beta feature
-  enablePolicyFilter: false
+  # Enable policy filter. This is required for K8s namespace filtering and pod label filters.
+  enablePolicyFilter: True
   # Enable policy filter debug messages.
   enablePolicyFilterDebug: false
   # Enable latency monitoring in message handling