diff --git a/infrastructure/charts/agent/templates/apisixroute.yaml b/infrastructure/charts/agent/templates/apisixroute.yaml
index 8a389f4013..47f1f5a0b9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/charts/agent/templates/apisixroute.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/charts/agent/templates/apisixroute.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
        - serviceName: agent-server-tapir-service
          servicePort: 8085
     authentication:
-      enable: true
+      enable: {{ .Values.ingress.auth.enable }}
       type: keyAuth
     plugins:
     - name: proxy-rewrite
diff --git a/infrastructure/charts/agent/values.yaml b/infrastructure/charts/agent/values.yaml
index a32e7562f5..84638ad2b9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/charts/agent/values.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/charts/agent/values.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ingress:
     enabled: false
     allow_origins: ""
   consumers: []
+  auth:
+    enable: true
   # External Consumers are ones where the secret keys/API tokens
   # are pulled in using External Secrets [and therefore aren't generated by helm]
   externalConsumerKeyPrefix: chart-base-key-prefix
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ server:
     requests:
       cpu: 250m
       memory: 512Mi
-  additionalEnvVariables: []
+  # Additional environment variables to be added to the server container
+  additionalEnvVariables: {}
   useVault: true
   keycloak:
     enabled: false