diff --git a/unittests/deployment/svc-configuration.yaml b/unittests/deployment/svc-configuration.yaml
index 2e10094..0ddccad 100644
--- a/unittests/deployment/svc-configuration.yaml
+++ b/unittests/deployment/svc-configuration.yaml
@@ -49,3 +49,13 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - exists:
           path: metadata.labels["app"]
+
+  - it: uses default ports to ssh-svc
+    template: templates/gitea/ssh-svc.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].port
+          value: 22
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.ports[0].targetPort
+          value: 2222
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 66198ff..b93216e 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -440,8 +440,10 @@ gitea:
     ## @param gitea.config.markdown Markdown parser settings
     markdown: {}
 
-    ## @param gitea.config.server General server settings
-    server: {}
+    ## @param gitea.config.server [object] General server settings
+    server:
+      SSH_PORT: 22 # rootful image
+      SSH_LISTEN_PORT: 2222 # rootless image
 
     ## @param gitea.config.database Database configuration (only necessary with an [externally managed DB](https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/forgejo-helm#external-database)).
     database: {}