diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-psp.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-psp.yaml
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+{{- if (semverCompare "<1.25.0-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version) }}
+{{- if and .Values.podSecurityPolicy.enabled .Values.defaultBackend.enabled (empty .Values.defaultBackend.existingPsp) -}}
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodSecurityPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}-backend
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: default-backend
+    {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+spec:
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  fsGroup:
+    ranges:
+    - max: 65535
+      min: 1
+    rule: MustRunAs
+  requiredDropCapabilities:
+  - ALL
+  runAsUser:
+    rule: MustRunAsNonRoot
+  seLinux:
+    rule: RunAsAny
+  supplementalGroups:
+    ranges:
+    - max: 65535
+      min: 1
+    rule: MustRunAs
+  volumes:
+  - configMap
+  - emptyDir
+  - projected
+  - secret
+  - downwardAPI
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}