diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml
index 1bd30b31d..fcd1db0bd 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |-
-    - "Update Ingress-Nginx version controller-v1.10.0"
+    - "Adds option to turn off automount of service account token"
   artifacthub.io/prerelease: "false"
 apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: 1.10.0
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ maintainers:
 name: ingress-nginx
 sources:
 - https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx
-version: 4.10.0
+version: 4.10.1
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 5ff45585b..e02b8c651 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.podLabels | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
+      automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.dnsConfig }}
       dnsConfig: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.dnsConfig | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
index d342c8c35..64cc4d5c1 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.defaultBackend.podLabels | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
+      automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.automountServiceAccountToken }}
     {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets: {{ toYaml .Values.imagePullSecrets | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 71c3240fb..7f694df8f 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -939,6 +939,9 @@ defaultBackend:
     create: true
     name: ""
     automountServiceAccountToken: true
+  # -- Automount service account token on controller deployment
+  ## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
+  automountServiceAccountToken: true
   # -- Additional environment variables to set for defaultBackend pods
   extraEnvs: []
   port: 8080
@@ -1068,6 +1071,9 @@ 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: []