diff --git a/helm/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml b/helm/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml
index eb28380b27..df456b0aa2 100644
--- a/helm/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ tolerateNonExistentBackendService:
 tolerateNonExistentBackendAction:
 
 # defaultSSLPolicy specifies the default SSL policy to use for TLS/HTTPS listeners
-defaultSSLPolicy:
+defaultSSLPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-TLS13-1-3-2021-06
 
 # Liveness probe configuration for the controller
 livenessProbe: