diff --git a/chart/templates/ingress.yaml b/chart/templates/ingress.yaml
index ccb13aae7c..034898bf4e 100644
--- a/chart/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ metadata:
   name: ingress-main
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   annotations:
+    {{- if .Values.ingress.useOldClassAnnotation }}
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: {{ .Values.ingress_class | default "nginx" }}
+    {{- end }}
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "0"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-request-buffering: "off"
@@ -21,7 +24,9 @@ metadata:
       proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto {{ .Values.ingress.tls | ternary "https" "http" }};
 
 spec:
+  {{- if not .Values.ingress.useOldClassAnnotation }}
   ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress_class | default "nginx" }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
   tls:
     - hosts:
@@ -58,11 +63,16 @@ metadata:
   name: ingress-authsign
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   annotations:
+    {{- if .Values.ingress.useOldClassAnnotation }}
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: {{ .Values.ingress_class | default "nginx" }}
+    {{- end }}
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "false"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-vhost: "{{ .Values.signer.host }}"
 
 spec:
+  {{- if not .Values.ingress.useOldClassAnnotation }}
   ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress_class | default "nginx" }}
+  {{- end }}
   rules:
   - host: {{ .Values.signer.host }}
     http:
@@ -101,8 +111,9 @@ spec:
     solvers:
     - http01:
         ingress:
+          {{- if not .Values.ingress.useOldClassAnnotation }}
           ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress_class | default "nginx" }}
-          {{- if .Values.ingress.useOldClassField }}
+          {{- else }}
           class: {{ .Values.ingress_class | default "nginx" }}
           {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index e719953c24..f56d5c146d 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -447,11 +447,11 @@ ingress:
   cert_email: "test@example.com"
   tls: false
 
-  # This is related to the issues webrecorder/browsertrix#1570 and cert-manager/cert-manager#6184
-  # This relates to the new `http01.ingress.ingressClassName` solver spec attribute which got introduced in the recent v1.15 cert-manager version.
-  # Cert-manager v1.15 does not want the fields ingressClassName and class be set at the same time.
-  useOldClassField: false
-  
+  # If set, will use the old 'kubernetes.io/ingress.class' annotation instead of the new ingressClassName
+  # also uses old http01.ingress.class in cert-manager instead of http01.ingress.ingressClassName
+  # provided for backwards compatibility
+  useOldClassAnnotation: false
+
   # Optional: Uncomment to use your own cluster-issuer instead of default ACME https validation
   # custom_cluster_issuer: custom_cluster_issuer-name