diff --git a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/api-files-ingress.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/api-files-ingress.yml.j2
index a1264b52001..3eabd5d2659 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/api-files-ingress.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/api-files-ingress.yml.j2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata:
 {% endif %}
 
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: nginx
+  ingressClassName: {{ INGRESS_CLASS }}
 {% if CLUSTER_ISSUER is defined or (TLS_ENABELD is defined and TLS_ENABELD|bool) %}
   tls:
   - hosts:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/ingress.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/ingress.yml.j2
index b2dd208765f..86588e74b47 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/ingress.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/ingress.yml.j2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata:
 {% endif %}
 
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: nginx
+  ingressClassName: {{ INGRESS_CLASS }}
 {% if CLUSTER_ISSUER is defined or (TLS_ENABELD is defined and TLS_ENABELD|bool) %}
   tls:
   - hosts:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/tldraw-ingress.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/tldraw-ingress.yml.j2
index e80028a5985..37b476e0834 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/tldraw-ingress.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/tldraw-ingress.yml.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 {% endif %}
 
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: nginx
+  ingressClassName: {{ INGRESS_CLASS }}
 {% if CLUSTER_ISSUER is defined or (TLS_ENABELD is defined and TLS_ENABELD|bool) %}
   tls:
   - hosts:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-h5p/templates/api-h5p-ingress.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-h5p/templates/api-h5p-ingress.yml.j2
index ec68641bfa2..c3359d63b5f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-h5p/templates/api-h5p-ingress.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-h5p/templates/api-h5p-ingress.yml.j2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata:
 {% endif %}
 
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: nginx
+  ingressClassName: {{ INGRESS_CLASS }}
 {% if CLUSTER_ISSUER is defined or (TLS_ENABELD is defined and TLS_ENABELD|bool) %}
   tls:
   - hosts: