diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/daemonset-extra-modules.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/daemonset-extra-modules.yaml
index 2c3aba281..52a32fcbd 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/daemonset-extra-modules.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/daemonset-extra-modules.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ controller:
   extraModules:
     - name: opentelemetry
       image:
+        registry: registry.k8s.io
         image: busybox
+        tag: latest
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-default-container-sec-context.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-default-container-sec-context.yaml
index e95396f87..91b1b98a8 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-default-container-sec-context.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-default-container-sec-context.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ controller:
   extraModules:
     - name: opentelemetry
       image:
+        registry: registry.k8s.io
         image: busybox
+        tag: latest
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-specific-container-sec-context.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-specific-container-sec-context.yaml
index b961d4dd0..b6013c7d0 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-specific-container-sec-context.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules-specific-container-sec-context.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ controller:
   extraModules:
     - name: opentelemetry
       image:
+        registry: registry.k8s.io
         image: busybox
+        tag: latest
       containerSecurityContext:
         allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules.yaml
index 69b5a1111..2fbe1cc01 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-extra-modules.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ controller:
   extraModules:
     - name: opentelemetry
       image:
+        registry: registry.k8s.io
         image: busybox
+        tag: latest
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml
index c588f902a..fa7e1e952 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@ controller:
   kind: Deployment
   opentelemetry:
     enabled: true
-    image:
-      registry: registry.k8s.io
-      image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 229f735b9..db1ab2e24 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -257,15 +257,17 @@ Extra modules.
 */}}
 {{- define "extraModules" -}}
 - name: {{ .name }}
-  image: {{ include "imageName" .image }}{{ include "ingress-nginx.imageDigest" .image }}
+  {{- with .image }}
+  image: {{ if .repository }}{{ .repository }}{{ else }}{{ .registry }}/{{ .image }}{{ end }}:{{ .tag }}{{ if .digest }}@{{ .digest }}{{ end }}
   command:
-  {{- if .image.distroless }}
+  {{- if .distroless }}
     - /init_module
   {{- else }}
     - sh
     - -c
     - /usr/local/bin/init_module.sh
   {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- if .containerSecurityContext }}
   securityContext: {{ toYaml .containerSecurityContext | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
@@ -276,16 +278,3 @@ Extra modules.
     - name: modules
       mountPath: /modules_mount
 {{- end -}}
-
-{{/*
-Image Name with optional registry and tag.
-*/}}
-{{- define "imageName" -}}
-{{- if .registry -}}
-{{- printf "%s/" .registry -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{- printf "%s" .image -}}
-{{- if .tag -}}
-{{- printf ":%s" .tag -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 75f4885be..d1327d6eb 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -590,7 +590,11 @@ controller:
   #   image:
   #     registry: registry.k8s.io
   #     image: ingress-nginx/mytestmodule
-  #     tag: latest
+  #     ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
+  #     ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
+  #     ## repository:
+  #     tag: "v1.0.0"
+  #     digest: ""
   #     distroless: false
   #   containerSecurityContext:
   #     runAsNonRoot: true
@@ -614,6 +618,9 @@ controller:
     image:
       registry: registry.k8s.io
       image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry
+      ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
+      ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
+      ## repository:
       tag: "v20230721-3e2062ee5"
       digest: sha256:13bee3f5223883d3ca62fee7309ad02d22ec00ff0d7033e3e9aca7a9f60fd472
       distroless: true