diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 480a5dd1f..4a0cb94a2 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.certificate | string | `"/usr/local/certificates/cert"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.createSecretJob.name | string | `"create"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.createSecretJob.resources | object | `{}` |  |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.createSecretJob.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
+| controller.admissionWebhooks.createSecretJob.securityContext | object | `{"allowPrivilegeEscalation":false,"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"readOnlyRootFilesystem":true,"runAsNonRoot":true,"runAsUser":65532,"seccompProfile":{"type":"RuntimeDefault"}}` | Security context for secret creation containers |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.existingPsp | string | `""` | Use an existing PSP instead of creating one |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.extraEnvs | list | `[]` | Additional environment variables to set |
@@ -262,13 +262,11 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.nodeSelector."kubernetes.io/os" | string | `"linux"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.podAnnotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.priorityClassName | string | `""` | Provide a priority class name to the webhook patching job # |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext.fsGroup | int | `2000` |  |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext.runAsUser | int | `2000` |  |
+| controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for secret creation & webhook patch pods |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.tolerations | list | `[]` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patchWebhookJob.name | string | `"patch"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patchWebhookJob.resources | object | `{}` |  |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.patchWebhookJob.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
+| controller.admissionWebhooks.patchWebhookJob.securityContext | object | `{"allowPrivilegeEscalation":false,"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"readOnlyRootFilesystem":true,"runAsNonRoot":true,"runAsUser":65532,"seccompProfile":{"type":"RuntimeDefault"}}` | Security context for webhook patch containers |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.port | int | `8443` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.service.annotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.service.externalIPs | list | `[]` |  |
@@ -291,6 +289,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.configMapNamespace | string | `""` | Allows customization of the configmap / nginx-configmap namespace; defaults to $(POD_NAMESPACE) |
 | controller.containerName | string | `"controller"` | Configures the controller container name |
 | controller.containerPort | object | `{"http":80,"https":443}` | Configures the ports that the nginx-controller listens on |
+| controller.containerSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for controller containers |
 | controller.customTemplate.configMapKey | string | `""` |  |
 | controller.customTemplate.configMapName | string | `""` |  |
 | controller.dnsConfig | object | `{}` | Optionally customize the pod dnsConfig. |
@@ -315,14 +314,17 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.hostPort.ports.http | int | `80` | 'hostPort' http port |
 | controller.hostPort.ports.https | int | `443` | 'hostPort' https port |
 | controller.hostname | object | `{}` | Optionally customize the pod hostname. |
-| controller.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `true` |  |
+| controller.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.image.chroot | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.image.digest | string | `"sha256:5b161f051d017e55d358435f295f5e9a297e66158f136321d9b04520ec6c48a3"` |  |
 | controller.image.digestChroot | string | `"sha256:5976b1067cfbca8a21d0ba53d71f83543a73316a61ea7f7e436d6cf84ddf9b26"` |  |
 | controller.image.image | string | `"ingress-nginx/controller"` |  |
 | controller.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
+| controller.image.readOnlyRootFilesystem | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
+| controller.image.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
 | controller.image.runAsUser | int | `101` |  |
+| controller.image.seccompProfile.type | string | `"RuntimeDefault"` |  |
 | controller.image.tag | string | `"v1.9.4"` |  |
 | controller.ingressClass | string | `"nginx"` | For backwards compatibility with ingress.class annotation, use ingressClass. Algorithm is as follows, first ingressClassName is considered, if not present, controller looks for ingress.class annotation |
 | controller.ingressClassByName | bool | `false` | Process IngressClass per name (additionally as per spec.controller). |
@@ -379,12 +381,19 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.networkPolicy.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable 'networkPolicy' or not |
 | controller.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | Node labels for controller pod assignment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/ # |
 | controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
+| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop[0] | string | `"ALL"` |  |
+| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem | bool | `true` |  |
+| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
+| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser | int | `65532` | The image's default user, inherited from its base image `cgr.dev/chainguard/static`. |
+| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type | string | `"RuntimeDefault"` |  |
+| controller.opentelemetry.distroless | bool | `true` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.image | string | `"registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/opentelemetry:v20230721-3e2062ee5@sha256:13bee3f5223883d3ca62fee7309ad02d22ec00ff0d7033e3e9aca7a9f60fd472"` |  |
+| controller.opentelemetry.name | string | `"opentelemetry"` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.resources | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to controller pods # |
 | controller.podLabels | object | `{}` | Labels to add to the pod container metadata |
-| controller.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security Context policies for controller pods |
+| controller.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for controller pods |
 | controller.priorityClassName | string | `""` |  |
 | controller.proxySetHeaders | object | `{}` | Will add custom headers before sending traffic to backends according to https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main/docs/examples/customization/custom-headers |
 | controller.publishService | object | `{"enabled":true,"pathOverride":""}` | Allows customization of the source of the IP address or FQDN to report in the ingress status field. By default, it reads the information provided by the service. If disable, the status field reports the IP address of the node or nodes where an ingress controller pod is running. |
@@ -434,7 +443,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.service.targetPorts.https | string | `"https"` |  |
 | controller.service.type | string | `"LoadBalancer"` |  |
 | controller.shareProcessNamespace | bool | `false` |  |
-| controller.sysctls | object | `{}` | See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ for notes on enabling and using sysctls |
+| controller.sysctls | object | `{}` | sysctls for controller pods # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ |
 | controller.tcp.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to the tcp config configmap |
 | controller.tcp.configMapNamespace | string | `""` | Allows customization of the tcp-services-configmap; defaults to $(POD_NAMESPACE) |
 | controller.terminationGracePeriodSeconds | int | `300` | `terminationGracePeriodSeconds` to avoid killing pods before we are ready # wait up to five minutes for the drain of connections # |
@@ -451,7 +460,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | defaultBackend.autoscaling.minReplicas | int | `1` |  |
 | defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage | int | `50` |  |
 | defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage | int | `50` |  |
-| defaultBackend.containerSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security Context policies for controller main container. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ for notes on enabling and using sysctls # |
+| defaultBackend.containerSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for default backend containers |
 | defaultBackend.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | defaultBackend.existingPsp | string | `""` | Use an existing PSP instead of creating one |
 | defaultBackend.extraArgs | object | `{}` |  |
@@ -465,6 +474,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | defaultBackend.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.runAsUser | int | `65534` |  |
+| defaultBackend.image.seccompProfile.type | string | `"RuntimeDefault"` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.tag | string | `"1.5"` |  |
 | defaultBackend.labels | object | `{}` | Labels to be added to the default backend resources |
 | defaultBackend.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `3` |  |
@@ -479,7 +489,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | defaultBackend.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | Node labels for default backend pod assignment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/ # |
 | defaultBackend.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to default backend pods # |
 | defaultBackend.podLabels | object | `{}` | Labels to add to the pod container metadata |
-| defaultBackend.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security Context policies for controller pods See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ for notes on enabling and using sysctls # |
+| defaultBackend.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for default backend pods |
 | defaultBackend.port | int | `8080` |  |
 | defaultBackend.priorityClassName | string | `""` |  |
 | defaultBackend.readinessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` |  |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 2b6377869..c936dab79 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -39,23 +39,31 @@ Allows overriding it for multi-namespace deployments in combined charts.
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
-Container SecurityContext.
+Controller container security context.
 */}}
-{{- define "controller.containerSecurityContext" -}}
+{{- define "ingress-nginx.controller.containerSecurityContext" -}}
 {{- if .Values.controller.containerSecurityContext -}}
 {{- toYaml .Values.controller.containerSecurityContext -}}
 {{- else -}}
+runAsNonRoot: {{ .Values.controller.image.runAsNonRoot }}
+runAsUser: {{ .Values.controller.image.runAsUser }}
+allowPrivilegeEscalation: {{ or .Values.controller.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
+{{- if .Values.controller.image.seccompProfile }}
+seccompProfile: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.image.seccompProfile | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
 capabilities:
   drop:
   - ALL
   add:
   - NET_BIND_SERVICE
   {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
+  {{- if .Values.controller.image.seccompProfile }}
+  - SYS_ADMIN
+  {{- end }}
   - SYS_CHROOT
   {{- end }}
-runAsUser: {{ .Values.controller.image.runAsUser }}
-allowPrivilegeEscalation: {{ .Values.controller.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation }}
-{{- end }}
+readOnlyRootFilesystem: {{ .Values.controller.image.readOnlyRootFilesystem }}
+{{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
@@ -116,14 +124,6 @@ Users can provide an override for an explicit service they want bound via `.Valu
 {{- print $servicePath | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
-{{/*
-Create a default fully qualified default backend name.
-We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
-*/}}
-{{- define "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
-{{- end -}}
-
 {{/*
 Common labels
 */}}
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this
 {{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.admissionWebhooks.fullname" .) .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patchWebhookJob.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified default backend name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+*/}}
+{{- define "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" (include "ingress-nginx.fullname" .) .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 Create the name of the backend service account to use - only used when podsecuritypolicy is also enabled
 */}}
@@ -194,6 +202,26 @@ Create the name of the backend service account to use - only used when podsecuri
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{/*
+Default backend container security context.
+*/}}
+{{- define "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.containerSecurityContext" -}}
+{{- if .Values.defaultBackend.containerSecurityContext -}}
+{{- toYaml .Values.defaultBackend.containerSecurityContext -}}
+{{- else -}}
+runAsNonRoot: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.runAsNonRoot }}
+runAsUser: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.runAsUser }}
+allowPrivilegeEscalation: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation }}
+{{- if .Values.defaultBackend.image.seccompProfile }}
+seccompProfile: {{ toYaml .Values.defaultBackend.image.seccompProfile | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
+capabilities:
+  drop:
+  - ALL
+readOnlyRootFilesystem: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.readOnlyRootFilesystem }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 Return the appropriate apiGroup for PodSecurityPolicy.
 */}}
@@ -230,18 +258,21 @@ Extra modules.
 {{- define "extraModules" -}}
 - name: {{ .name }}
   image: {{ .image }}
-  {{- if .distroless | default false }}
-  command: ['/init_module']
+  command:
+  {{- if .distroless }}
+    - /init_module
   {{- else }}
-  command: ['sh', '-c', '/usr/local/bin/init_module.sh']
+    - sh
+    - -c
+    - /usr/local/bin/init_module.sh
   {{- end }}
   {{- if .containerSecurityContext }}
-  securityContext: {{ .containerSecurityContext | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
+  securityContext: {{ toYaml .containerSecurityContext | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- if .resources }}
-  resources: {{ .resources | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
+  resources: {{ toYaml .resources | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
   volumeMounts:
-    - name: {{ toYaml "modules"}}
-      mountPath: {{ toYaml "/modules_mount"}}
+    - name: modules
+      mountPath: /modules_mount
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrole.yaml
index ec43a3bc1..8271dc404 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ rules:
       - get
       - update
 {{- if .Values.podSecurityPolicy.enabled }}
-  - apiGroups: ['extensions']
-    resources: ['podsecuritypolicies']
-    verbs:     ['use']
-    resourceNames:
+  - apiGroups:      [{{ template "podSecurityPolicy.apiGroup" . }}]
+    resources:      ['podsecuritypolicies']
+    verbs:          ['use']
     {{- with .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.existingPsp }}
-    - {{ . }}
+    resourceNames:  [{{ . }}]
     {{- else }}
-    - {{ include "ingress-nginx.admissionWebhooks.fullname" . }}
+    resourceNames:  [{{ include "ingress-nginx.admissionWebhooks.fullname" . }}]
     {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
index 1747303c0..c29083f2b 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.tolerations }}
       tolerations: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext }}
-      securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext }}
+      securityContext: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
index 64b736d74..cbc4a7619 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.tolerations }}
       tolerations: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext }}
-      securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext }}
+      securityContext: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.securityContext | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/psp.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/psp.yaml
index ae40dc898..8e5dc72ac 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/psp.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/psp.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- if (semverCompare "<1.25.0-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version) }}
-{{- if and .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.enabled .Values.podSecurityPolicy.enabled (empty .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.existingPsp) -}}
+{{- if and .Values.podSecurityPolicy.enabled .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.enabled (empty .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.existingPsp) -}}
 apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
 kind: PodSecurityPolicy
 metadata:
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/hook": pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
     "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
+    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: "*"
   labels:
     {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
@@ -14,28 +15,38 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
 spec:
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  privileged: false
+  hostPID: false
+  hostIPC: false
+  hostNetwork: false
+  volumes:
+    - configMap
+    - downwardAPI
+    - emptyDir
+    - secret
+    - projected
   fsGroup:
-    ranges:
-    - max: 65535
-      min: 1
     rule: MustRunAs
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-  - ALL
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   runAsUser:
     rule: MustRunAsNonRoot
+  runAsGroup:
+    rule: MustRunAs
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  supplementalGroups:
+    rule: MustRunAs
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  requiredDropCapabilities:
+    - ALL
   seLinux:
     rule: RunAsAny
-  supplementalGroups:
-    ranges:
-    - max: 65535
-      min: 1
-    rule: MustRunAs
-  volumes:
-  - configMap
-  - emptyDir
-  - projected
-  - secret
-  - downwardAPI
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
index bb1a1b320..3aaa92509 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
     {{- if or .Values.controller.podSecurityContext .Values.controller.sysctls }}
       securityContext:
-    {{- end }}
-    {{- if .Values.controller.podSecurityContext }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.podSecurityContext }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
-    {{- end }}
-    {{- if .Values.controller.sysctls }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.sysctls }}
         sysctls:
-    {{- range $sysctl, $value := .Values.controller.sysctls }}
-        - name: {{ $sysctl | quote }}
-          value: {{ $value | quote }}
-    {{- end }}
+        {{- range $sysctl, $value := .Values.controller.sysctls }}
+          - name: {{ $sysctl | quote }}
+            value: {{ $value | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.shareProcessNamespace }}
       shareProcessNamespace: {{ .Values.controller.shareProcessNamespace }}
@@ -83,9 +83,8 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.controller.lifecycle }}
           lifecycle: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.lifecycle | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
-          args:
-            {{- include "ingress-nginx.params" . | nindent 12 }}
-          securityContext: {{ include "controller.containerSecurityContext" . | nindent 12 }}
+          args: {{ include "ingress-nginx.params" . | nindent 12 }}
+          securityContext: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.containerSecurityContext" . | nindent 12 }}
           env:
             - name: POD_NAME
               valueFrom:
@@ -150,11 +149,11 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
           {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
             - name: modules
-            {{ if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
+            {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
               mountPath: /chroot/modules_mount
-            {{ else }}
+            {{- else }}
               mountPath: /modules_mount
-            {{ end }}
+            {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName }}
             - mountPath: /etc/nginx/template
@@ -174,24 +173,25 @@ spec:
           resources: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.resources | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraContainers }}
-        {{ toYaml .Values.controller.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraInitContainers .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
       initContainers:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraInitContainers }}
-        {{ toYaml .Values.controller.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
         {{- range .Values.controller.extraModules }}
           {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext) | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "distroless" .distroless "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled }}
+        {{- with .Values.controller.opentelemetry }}
+          {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "distroless" .distroless "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled}}
-          {{- $otelContainerSecurityContext := $.Values.controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{ $otelResources := $.Values.controller.opentelemetry.resources | default dict }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" "opentelemetry" "image" .Values.controller.opentelemetry.image "containerSecurityContext" $otelContainerSecurityContext "distroless" true "resources" $otelResources) | nindent 8}}
-      {{- end}}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
       hostNetwork: {{ .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index cbd345e21..ded282a30 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
     {{- if or .Values.controller.podSecurityContext .Values.controller.sysctls }}
       securityContext:
-    {{- end }}
-    {{- if .Values.controller.podSecurityContext }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.podSecurityContext }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
-    {{- end }}
-    {{- if .Values.controller.sysctls }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.sysctls }}
         sysctls:
-    {{- range $sysctl, $value := .Values.controller.sysctls }}
-        - name: {{ $sysctl | quote }}
-          value: {{ $value | quote }}
-    {{- end }}
+        {{- range $sysctl, $value := .Values.controller.sysctls }}
+          - name: {{ $sysctl | quote }}
+            value: {{ $value | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.shareProcessNamespace }}
       shareProcessNamespace: {{ .Values.controller.shareProcessNamespace }}
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.controller.lifecycle }}
           lifecycle: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.lifecycle | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
-          args:
-            {{- include "ingress-nginx.params" . | nindent 12 }}
-          securityContext: {{ include "controller.containerSecurityContext" . | nindent 12 }}
+          args: {{ include "ingress-nginx.params" . | nindent 12 }}
+          securityContext: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.containerSecurityContext" . | nindent 12 }}
           env:
             - name: POD_NAME
               valueFrom:
@@ -153,11 +152,11 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
           {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
             - name: modules
-            {{ if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
+            {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
               mountPath: /chroot/modules_mount
-            {{ else }}
+            {{- else }}
               mountPath: /modules_mount
-            {{ end }}
+            {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName }}
             - mountPath: /etc/nginx/template
@@ -177,24 +176,25 @@ spec:
           resources: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.resources | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraContainers }}
-        {{ toYaml .Values.controller.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraInitContainers .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
       initContainers:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraInitContainers }}
-        {{ toYaml .Values.controller.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
         {{- range .Values.controller.extraModules }}
           {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext) | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "distroless" .distroless "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled }}
+        {{- with .Values.controller.opentelemetry }}
+          {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "distroless" .distroless "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled}}
-          {{- $otelContainerSecurityContext := $.Values.controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{ $otelResources := $.Values.controller.opentelemetry.resources | default dict }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" "opentelemetry" "image" .Values.controller.opentelemetry.image "containerSecurityContext" $otelContainerSecurityContext "distroless" true "resources" $otelResources) | nindent 8}}
-      {{- end}}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
       hostNetwork: {{ .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-psp.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-psp.yaml
index 3c499b9d4..aad1d2736 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-psp.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-psp.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
 kind: PodSecurityPolicy
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}
+  annotations:
+    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: "*"
   labels:
     {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -11,84 +13,88 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
 spec:
-  allowedCapabilities:
-    - NET_BIND_SERVICE
-  {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
-    - SYS_CHROOT
-  {{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.controller.sysctls }}
-  allowedUnsafeSysctls:
-  {{- range $sysctl, $value := .Values.controller.sysctls }}
-  - {{ $sysctl }}
-  {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
   privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
-  # Allow core volume types.
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'emptyDir'
-    - 'projected'
-    - 'secret'
-    - 'downwardAPI'
-{{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
+  hostPID: false
+  hostIPC: false
   hostNetwork: {{ .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
-{{- end }}
 {{- if or .Values.controller.hostNetwork .Values.controller.hostPort.enabled }}
   hostPorts:
-{{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
-{{- range $key, $value := .Values.controller.containerPort }}
-  # {{ $key }}
-  - min: {{ $value }}
-    max: {{ $value }}
+  {{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
+  {{- range $key, $value := .Values.controller.containerPort }}
+    # controller.containerPort.{{ $key }}
+    - min: {{ $value }}
+      max: {{ $value }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- else if .Values.controller.hostPort.enabled }}
+  {{- range $key, $value := .Values.controller.hostPort.ports }}
+    # controller.hostPort.ports.{{ $key }}
+    - min: {{ $value }}
+      max: {{ $value }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.enabled }}
+    # controller.metrics.port
+    - min: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
+      max: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled }}
+    # controller.admissionWebhooks.port
+    - min: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.port }}
+      max: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.port }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- range $key, $value := .Values.tcp }}
+    # tcp.{{ $key }}
+    - min: {{ $key }}
+      max: {{ $key }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- range $key, $value := .Values.udp }}
+    # udp.{{ $key }}
+    - min: {{ $key }}
+      max: {{ $key }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-{{- else if .Values.controller.hostPort.enabled }}
-{{- range $key, $value := .Values.controller.hostPort.ports }}
-  # {{ $key }}
-  - min: {{ $value }}
-    max: {{ $value }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.controller.metrics.enabled }}
-  # metrics
-  - min: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
-    max: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled }}
-  # admission webhooks
-  - min: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.port }}
-    max: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.port }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- range $key, $value := .Values.tcp }}
-  # {{ $key }}-tcp
-  - min: {{ $key }}
-    max: {{ $key }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- range $key, $value := .Values.udp }}
-  # {{ $key }}-udp
-  - min: {{ $key }}
-    max: {{ $key }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    # Require the container to run without root privileges.
-    rule: 'MustRunAsNonRoot'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      # Forbid adding the root group.
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
+  volumes:
+    - configMap
+    - downwardAPI
+    - emptyDir
+    - secret
+    - projected
   fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
+    rule: MustRunAs
     ranges:
-      # Forbid adding the root group.
       - min: 1
         max: 65535
   readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+  runAsUser:
+    rule: MustRunAsNonRoot
+  runAsGroup:
+    rule: MustRunAs
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  supplementalGroups:
+    rule: MustRunAs
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: {{ or .Values.controller.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
+  requiredDropCapabilities:
+    - ALL
+  allowedCapabilities:
+    - NET_BIND_SERVICE
+  {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
+  {{- if .Values.controller.image.seccompProfile }}
+    - SYS_ADMIN
+  {{- end }}
+    - SYS_CHROOT
+  {{- end }}
   seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
+    rule: RunAsAny
+{{- if .Values.controller.sysctls }}
+  allowedUnsafeSysctls:
+  {{- range $sysctl, $value := .Values.controller.sysctls }}
+    - {{ $sysctl }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
index 44c3732b0..ed88e6bc3 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -65,14 +65,7 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
-          securityContext:
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-              - ALL
-            runAsUser: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.runAsUser }}
-            runAsNonRoot: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.runAsNonRoot }}
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.allowPrivilegeEscalation }}
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.readOnlyRootFilesystem}}
+          securityContext: {{ include "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.containerSecurityContext" . | nindent 12 }}
         {{- if .Values.defaultBackend.extraEnvs }}
           env: {{ toYaml .Values.defaultBackend.extraEnvs | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-psp.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-psp.yaml
index c144c8fbf..424109109 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-psp.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-psp.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
 kind: PodSecurityPolicy
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}-backend
+  annotations:
+    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: "*"
   labels:
     {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: default-backend
@@ -11,28 +13,38 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
 spec:
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  privileged: false
+  hostPID: false
+  hostIPC: false
+  hostNetwork: false
+  volumes:
+    - configMap
+    - downwardAPI
+    - emptyDir
+    - secret
+    - projected
   fsGroup:
-    ranges:
-    - max: 65535
-      min: 1
     rule: MustRunAs
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-  - ALL
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   runAsUser:
     rule: MustRunAsNonRoot
+  runAsGroup:
+    rule: MustRunAs
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  supplementalGroups:
+    rule: MustRunAs
+    ranges:
+      - min: 1
+        max: 65535
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  requiredDropCapabilities:
+    - ALL
   seLinux:
     rule: RunAsAny
-  supplementalGroups:
-    ranges:
-    - max: 65535
-      min: 1
-    rule: MustRunAs
-  volumes:
-  - configMap
-  - emptyDir
-  - projected
-  - secret
-  - downwardAPI
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index a63690b6a..cb50b9d07 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ controller:
     digest: sha256:5b161f051d017e55d358435f295f5e9a297e66158f136321d9b04520ec6c48a3
     digestChroot: sha256:5976b1067cfbca8a21d0ba53d71f83543a73316a61ea7f7e436d6cf84ddf9b26
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    runAsNonRoot: true
     # www-data -> uid 101
     runAsUser: 101
-    allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
+    allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+    seccompProfile:
+      type: RuntimeDefault
+    readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
   # -- Use an existing PSP instead of creating one
   existingPsp: ""
   # -- Configures the controller container name
@@ -127,12 +131,15 @@ controller:
   podLabels: {}
   #  key: value
 
-  # -- Security Context policies for controller pods
+  # -- Security context for controller pods
   podSecurityContext: {}
-  # -- See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ for notes on enabling and using sysctls
+  # -- sysctls for controller pods
+  ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/
   sysctls: {}
   # sysctls:
   #   "net.core.somaxconn": "8192"
+  # -- Security context for controller containers
+  containerSecurityContext: {}
 
   # -- Allows customization of the source of the IP address or FQDN to report
   # in the ingress status field. By default, it reads the information provided
@@ -581,8 +588,18 @@ controller:
   extraModules: []
   # - name: mytestmodule
   #   image: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/mytestmodule
+  #   distroless: false
   #   containerSecurityContext:
+  #     runAsNonRoot: true
+  #     runAsUser: <user-id>
   #     allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  #     seccompProfile:
+  #       type: RuntimeDefault
+  #     capabilities:
+  #       drop:
+  #       - ALL
+  #     readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+  #   resources: {}
   #
   # The image must contain a `/usr/local/bin/init_module.sh` executable, which
   # will be executed as initContainers, to move its config files within the
@@ -590,9 +607,20 @@ controller:
 
   opentelemetry:
     enabled: false
+    name: opentelemetry
     image: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/opentelemetry:v20230721-3e2062ee5@sha256:13bee3f5223883d3ca62fee7309ad02d22ec00ff0d7033e3e9aca7a9f60fd472
+    distroless: true
     containerSecurityContext:
+      runAsNonRoot: true
+      # -- The image's default user, inherited from its base image `cgr.dev/chainguard/static`.
+      runAsUser: 65532
       allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+      seccompProfile:
+        type: RuntimeDefault
+      capabilities:
+        drop:
+        - ALL
+      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
     resources: {}
   admissionWebhooks:
     name: admission
@@ -633,8 +661,17 @@ controller:
       type: ClusterIP
     createSecretJob:
       name: create
+      # -- Security context for secret creation containers
       securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+        runAsUser: 65532
         allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+        capabilities:
+          drop:
+          - ALL
+        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
       resources: {}
       # limits:
       #   cpu: 10m
@@ -644,8 +681,17 @@ controller:
       #   memory: 20Mi
     patchWebhookJob:
       name: patch
+      # -- Security context for webhook patch containers
       securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+        runAsUser: 65532
         allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+        capabilities:
+          drop:
+          - ALL
+        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
       resources: {}
     patch:
       enabled: true
@@ -667,10 +713,8 @@ controller:
       tolerations: []
       # -- Labels to be added to patch job resources
       labels: {}
-      securityContext:
-        runAsNonRoot: true
-        runAsUser: 2000
-        fsGroup: 2000
+      # -- Security context for secret creation & webhook patch pods
+      securityContext: {}
     # Use certmanager to generate webhook certs
     certManager:
       enabled: false
@@ -796,11 +840,13 @@ defaultBackend:
     ## repository:
     tag: "1.5"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    runAsNonRoot: true
     # nobody user -> uid 65534
     runAsUser: 65534
-    runAsNonRoot: true
-    readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
     allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+    seccompProfile:
+      type: RuntimeDefault
+    readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   # -- Use an existing PSP instead of creating one
   existingPsp: ""
   extraArgs: {}
@@ -846,15 +892,9 @@ defaultBackend:
   #    effect: "NoSchedule|PreferNoSchedule|NoExecute(1.6 only)"
 
   affinity: {}
-  # -- Security Context policies for controller pods
-  # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ for
-  # notes on enabling and using sysctls
-  ##
+  # -- Security context for default backend pods
   podSecurityContext: {}
-  # -- Security Context policies for controller main container.
-  # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ for
-  # notes on enabling and using sysctls
-  ##
+  # -- Security context for default backend containers
   containerSecurityContext: {}
   # -- Labels to add to the pod container metadata
   podLabels: {}