diff --git a/helm/flowforge/README.md b/helm/flowforge/README.md
index c37c8f7c..58e43a3e 100644
--- a/helm/flowforge/README.md
+++ b/helm/flowforge/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ For other values please refer to the documentation below.
  - `forge.projectNetworkPolicy.enabled` specified if [Network Policies](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/) should be created for project pods ( default `false`)
  - `forge.projectNetworkPolicy.ingress` a list of ingress rules for the [Network Policy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/) applied on project pods ( default `[]`)
  - `forge.projectNetworkPolicy.egress` a list of egress rules for the [Network Policy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/network-policies/) applied in project pods ( default `[]`)
+ - `forge.projectIngressAnnotations` ingress annotations for project instances (default is `{}`)
  - `forge.managementSelector` a collection of labels and values to filter nodes the Forge App will run on (default `role: management`)
  - `forge.affinity` allows to configure [affinity or anti-affinity](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/#affinity-and-anti-affinity) for the core application pod
  - `forge.license` FlowForge EE license string (optional, default not set)
diff --git a/helm/flowforge/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/flowforge/templates/deployment.yaml
index 326fd02c..d0741c99 100644
--- a/helm/flowforge/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/flowforge/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ spec:
         {{ end -}}
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         env:
-        {{- if .Values.ingress.annotations }}
+        {{- if .Values.forge.projectIngressAnnotations }}
+        - name: INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS
+          value: {{ .Values.forge.projectIngressAnnotations | toJson | quote }}
+        {{- else if .Values.ingress.annotations }}
         - name: INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS
           value: {{ .Values.ingress.annotations | toJson | quote }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/flowforge/tests/deployment_test.yaml b/helm/flowforge/tests/deployment_test.yaml
index dff7e16f..2015d2b1 100644
--- a/helm/flowforge/tests/deployment_test.yaml
+++ b/helm/flowforge/tests/deployment_test.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ tests:
           count: 1
       - isKind:
           of: Deployment
+
   - it: should create a deployment with init container
     template: deployment.yaml
     asserts:
@@ -38,4 +39,37 @@ tests:
           value: SMTPPASSWORD
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.initContainers[0].env[*].valueFrom.secretKeyRef.name
-          value: flowfuse-secrets
\ No newline at end of file
+          value: flowfuse-secrets
+
+  - it: should create a deployment without INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS environmental variable
+    template: deployment.yaml
+    asserts:
+      - notExists:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name == "INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS")]
+    
+  - it: should create container with INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS env and value from `ingress.annotations` 
+    template: deployment.yaml
+    set:
+      ingress.annotations:
+        customIngressAnnotation: "true"
+    asserts:
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS
+            value: '{"customIngressAnnotation":"true"}'
+
+  - it: should create container with INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS env and value `forge.projectIngressAnnotations`
+    template: deployment.yaml
+    set:
+      ingress.annotations:
+        customIngressAnnotation: "false"
+      forge.projectIngressAnnotations:
+        customProjectAnnotation: "true"
+    asserts:
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: INGRESS_ANNOTATIONS
+            value: '{"customProjectAnnotation":"true"}'
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helm/flowforge/values.schema.json b/helm/flowforge/values.schema.json
index 5307475f..75de3036 100644
--- a/helm/flowforge/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm/flowforge/values.schema.json
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
                     },
                     "default": []
                 },
+                "projectIngressAnnotations": {
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
                 "managementSelector": {
                     "type": "object"
                 },
diff --git a/helm/flowforge/values.yaml b/helm/flowforge/values.yaml
index e5914282..a3b66d58 100644
--- a/helm/flowforge/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/flowforge/values.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ forge:
   projectDeploymentTolerations: []
   projectNetworkPolicy:
     enabled: false
+  projectIngressAnnotations: {}
   managementSelector:
     role: management
   telemetry: