diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 8f1f3491d..189572087 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) Ingress controller for Kubernetes using NGINX as a reverse proxy and load balancer
 
-![Version: 4.10.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-4.10.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.10.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.10.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 4.10.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-4.10.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.10.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.10.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 To use, add `ingressClassName: nginx` spec field or the `kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx` annotation to your Ingress resources.
 
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.affinity | object | `{}` | Affinity and anti-affinity rules for server scheduling to nodes # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#affinity-and-anti-affinity # |
 | controller.allowSnippetAnnotations | bool | `false` | This configuration defines if Ingress Controller should allow users to set their own *-snippet annotations, otherwise this is forbidden / dropped when users add those annotations. Global snippets in ConfigMap are still respected |
 | controller.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to the controller Deployment or DaemonSet # |
+| controller.automountServiceAccountToken | bool | `true` | Automount service account token on controller deployment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/ |
 | controller.autoscaling.annotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.autoscaling.behavior | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.autoscaling.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
@@ -475,6 +476,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.updateStrategy | object | `{}` | The update strategy to apply to the Deployment or DaemonSet # |
 | controller.watchIngressWithoutClass | bool | `false` | Process Ingress objects without ingressClass annotation/ingressClassName field Overrides value for --watch-ingress-without-class flag of the controller binary Defaults to false |
 | defaultBackend.affinity | object | `{}` |  |
+| defaultBackend.automountServiceAccountToken | bool | `true` | Automount service account token on controller deployment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/ |
 | defaultBackend.autoscaling.annotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | defaultBackend.autoscaling.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | defaultBackend.autoscaling.maxReplicas | int | `2` |  |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index e02b8c651..d5787c0fb 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.podLabels | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
-      automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
+      automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.controller.automountServiceAccountToken }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.dnsConfig }}
       dnsConfig: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.dnsConfig | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 7f694df8f..0984b6818 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ controller:
   containerPort:
     http: 80
     https: 443
+  # -- Automount service account token on controller deployment
+  ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
+  automountServiceAccountToken: true
   # -- Will add custom configuration options to Nginx https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap/
   config: {}
   # -- Annotations to be added to the controller config configuration configmap.
@@ -1071,9 +1074,6 @@ serviceAccount:
   automountServiceAccountToken: true
   # -- Annotations for the controller service account
   annotations: {}
-# -- Automount service account token on controller deployment
-## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
-automountServiceAccountToken: true
 # -- Optional array of imagePullSecrets containing private registry credentials
 ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/
 imagePullSecrets: []