diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
index 80c268f7c..2dca8e5c1 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ spec:
               {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.enabled }}
-            - name: http-metrics
+            - name: metrics
               containerPort: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
               protocol: TCP
           {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 5ad186794..5b781f8de 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ spec:
               {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.enabled }}
-            - name: http-metrics
+            - name: metrics
               containerPort: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
               protocol: TCP
           {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-metrics.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-metrics.yaml
index 1c1d5bddb..0aaf41473 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-metrics.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-metrics.yaml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ spec:
   externalTrafficPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.service.externalTrafficPolicy }}
 {{- end }}
   ports:
-    - name: http-metrics
+    - name: metrics
       port: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.service.servicePort }}
       protocol: TCP
-      targetPort: http-metrics
+      targetPort: metrics
     {{- $setNodePorts := (or (eq .Values.controller.metrics.service.type "NodePort") (eq .Values.controller.metrics.service.type "LoadBalancer")) }}
     {{- if (and $setNodePorts (not (empty .Values.controller.metrics.service.nodePort))) }}
       nodePort: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.service.nodePort }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
index 973d36b3e..4dbc6da9f 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ metadata:
   {{- end }}
 spec:
   endpoints:
-    - port: http-metrics
+    - port: metrics
       interval: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.scrapeInterval }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.honorLabels }}
       honorLabels: true