diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 5487ca2186..333c5e722d 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.key | string | `"/usr/local/certificates/key"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.labels | object | `{}` | Labels to be added to admission webhooks |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.namespaceSelector | object | `{}` |  |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.networkPolicyEnabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.objectSelector | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.digest | string | `"sha256:543c40fd093964bc9ab509d3e791f9989963021f1e9e4c9c7b6700b02bfb227b"` |  |
@@ -374,6 +373,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.minAvailable | int | `1` | Minimum available pods set in PodDisruptionBudget. Define either 'minAvailable' or 'maxUnavailable', never both. |
 | controller.minReadySeconds | int | `0` | `minReadySeconds` to avoid killing pods before we are ready # |
 | controller.name | string | `"controller"` |  |
+| controller.networkPolicy.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable 'networkPolicy' or not |
 | controller.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | Node labels for controller pod assignment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/ # |
 | controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | defaultBackend.minAvailable | int | `1` |  |
 | defaultBackend.minReadySeconds | int | `0` | `minReadySeconds` to avoid killing pods before we are ready # |
 | defaultBackend.name | string | `"defaultbackend"` |  |
+| defaultBackend.networkPolicy.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable 'networkPolicy' or not |
 | defaultBackend.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | Node labels for default backend pod assignment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/ # |
 | defaultBackend.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to default backend pods # |
 | defaultBackend.podLabels | object | `{}` | Labels to add to the pod container metadata |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/networkpolicy.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/networkpolicy.yaml
index 08b32257c9..d59da7c9c6 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/networkpolicy.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if and .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.networkPolicyEnabled }}
+{{- if and .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.enabled (not .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.certManager.enabled) -}}
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: NetworkPolicy
 metadata:
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- include "ingress-nginx.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
       app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
   policyTypes:
-  - Ingress
-  - Egress
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
   egress:
-  - {}
+    - {}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-networkpolicy.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-networkpolicy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15d6012f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{{- if .Values.controller.networkPolicy.enabled }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
+    {{- with .Values.controller.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+  name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "ingress-nginx.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - ports:
+      {{- range $key, $value := .Values.controller.containerPort }}
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: {{ $value }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.enabled }}
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled }}
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.port }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- range $key, $value := .Values.tcp }}
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: {{ $key }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- range $key, $value := .Values.udp }}
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: {{ $key }}
+      {{- end }}
+  egress:
+    - {}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-webhooks-networkpolicy.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-webhooks-networkpolicy.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f74c2fbf32..0000000000
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-webhooks-networkpolicy.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled }}
-{{- if .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.networkPolicyEnabled }}
-
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}-webhooks-allow
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-spec:
-  ingress:
-  - {}
-  podSelector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.name" . }}
-  policyTypes:
-    - Ingress
-
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-networkpolicy.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-networkpolicy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3a012657e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{- if and .Values.defaultBackend.enabled .Values.defaultBackend.networkPolicy.enabled }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: default-backend
+    {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+  name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "ingress-nginx.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: default-backend
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.port }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index fffbe90b2e..7e43c96516 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ controller:
       http: 80
       # -- 'hostPort' https port
       https: 443
+  # NetworkPolicy for controller component.
+  networkPolicy:
+    # -- Enable 'networkPolicy' or not
+    enabled: false
   # -- Election ID to use for status update, by default it uses the controller name combined with a suffix of 'leader'
   electionID: ""
   ## This section refers to the creation of the IngressClass resource
@@ -605,7 +609,6 @@ controller:
     labels: {}
     # -- Use an existing PSP instead of creating one
     existingPsp: ""
-    networkPolicyEnabled: false
     service:
       annotations: {}
       # clusterIP: ""
@@ -871,6 +874,12 @@ defaultBackend:
     maxReplicas: 2
     targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 50
     targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 50
+
+  # NetworkPolicy for default backend component.
+  networkPolicy:
+    # -- Enable 'networkPolicy' or not
+    enabled: false
+
   service:
     annotations: {}
     # clusterIP: ""