diff --git a/galaxy/templates/ingress-activity-canary.yaml b/galaxy/templates/ingress-activity-canary.yaml
index 4a77132c..946c8a3f 100644
--- a/galaxy/templates/ingress-activity-canary.yaml
+++ b/galaxy/templates/ingress-activity-canary.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 spec:
+  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress.ingressClassName }}
   {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
   tls:
     {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
diff --git a/galaxy/templates/ingress.yaml b/galaxy/templates/ingress.yaml
index 17c8e95e..602c870f 100644
--- a/galaxy/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/galaxy/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 spec:
+  ingressClassName: nginx
   {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
   tls:
     {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
diff --git a/galaxy/values.yaml b/galaxy/values.yaml
index 1871f6d1..dec405c1 100644
--- a/galaxy/values.yaml
+++ b/galaxy/values.yaml
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ extraEnv: []
 
 ingress:
   enabled: true
+  ingressClassName: nginx
   canary:
     enabled: true
   annotations: