diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 5153176a7..7647b6f02 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ defaultBackend:
     #    emptyDir: {}
 
   autoscaling:
+    apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
     annotations: {}
     enabled: false
     minReplicas: 1