diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/main.go
index e10c373f1..d517cbc57 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/main.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 // DefaultAnnotationsPrefix defines the common prefix used in the nginx ingress controller
 const (
 	DefaultAnnotationsPrefix           = "nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io"
-	DefaultDisableAnnotationValidation = true
+	DefaultDisableAnnotationValidation = false
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/flags/flags.go b/pkg/flags/flags.go
index d5f95597c..b629b9332 100644
--- a/pkg/flags/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/flags/flags.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Requires the update-status parameter.`)
 		annotationsPrefix = flags.String("annotations-prefix", parser.DefaultAnnotationsPrefix,
 			`Prefix of the Ingress annotations specific to the NGINX controller.`)
 
-		disableAnnotationValidation = flags.Bool("disable-annotation-validation", parser.DefaultDisableAnnotationValidation,
+		disableAnnotationValidation = flags.Bool("disable-annotation-validation", true,
 			`Prefix of the Ingress annotations specific to the NGINX controller.`)
 
 		enableSSLChainCompletion = flags.Bool("enable-ssl-chain-completion", false,