diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
index f9ae0b276..924125f07 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@ spec:
     - type: Resource
       resource:
         name: cpu
-        targetAverageUtilization: {{ . }}
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: {{ . }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
     - type: Resource
       resource:
         name: memory
-        targetAverageUtilization: {{ . }}
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: {{ . }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}