diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go
index a109a65a0..6c1e155e2 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ var routeAnnotations = func(endpointName string) map[string]string {
 
 var nginxIngressAnnotations = func(endpointName string) map[string]string {
 	return map[string]string{
-		"kubernetes.io/ingress.class":                "nginx",
 		"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target": "/",
 		"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect":   "false",
 		constants.DevWorkspaceEndpointNameAnnotation: endpointName,
diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/common.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/common.go
index 5f17beb81..616e20534 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/common.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/common.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	networkingv1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
 type DevWorkspaceMetadata struct {
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ func getIngressForEndpoint(routingSuffix string, endpoint controllerv1alpha1.End
 			Annotations: nginxIngressAnnotations(endpoint.Name),
 		},
 		Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+			IngressClassName: pointer.String("nginx"),
 			Rules: []networkingv1.IngressRule{
 				{
 					Host: hostname,