diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e7435d7449..f4da6ac895 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ executors:
       - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/circleci/golang:1.16
     environment:
       TEST_RESULTS: /tmp/test-results # path to where test results are saved
-      CONSUL_VERSION: 1.10.2 # Consul's OSS version to use in tests
-      CONSUL_ENT_VERSION: 1.10.2+ent # Consul's enterprise version to use in tests
+      CONSUL_VERSION: 1.11.0-alpha # Consul's OSS version to use in tests
+      CONSUL_ENT_VERSION: 1.11.0+ent-alpha # Consul's enterprise version to use in tests
 
 control-plane-path : &control-plane-path control-plane
 acceptance-test-path: &acceptance-test-path charts/consul/test/acceptance
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
index ed7266d7ee..f3f9f9a754 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ spec:
                 {{- end }}
                 {{- if .Values.global.adminPartitions.enabled }}
                 -enable-partitions=true \
-                -partition-name={{ .Values.global.adminPartitions.name }} \
+                -partition={{ .Values.global.adminPartitions.name }} \
                 {{- end }}
                 {{- if .Values.global.enableConsulNamespaces }}
                 -enable-namespaces=true \
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
index 8d78e0fdc7..75df185d3f 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/connect-inject-deployment.bats
@@ -714,18 +714,6 @@ EOF
   [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
 }
 
-@test "connectInject/Deployment: partition name set with .global.adminPartitions.enabled=true" {
-  cd `chart_dir`
-  local actual=$(helm template \
-      -s templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml  \
-      --set 'connectInject.enabled=true' \
-      --set 'global.adminPartitions.enabled=true' \
-      . | tee /dev/stderr |
-      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command | any(contains("partition-name=default"))' | tee /dev/stderr)
-
-  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
-}
-
 @test "connectInject/Deployment: fails if namespaces are disabled and .global.adminPartitions.enabled=true" {
   cd `chart_dir`
   run helm template \
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/ingressgateway_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/ingressgateway_types.go
index 6813b51f35..4dbe4cc03a 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/ingressgateway_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/ingressgateway_types.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (in *IngressGateway) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.IngressGatewayConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.IngressGatewayConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
 }
 
 func (in *IngressGateway) Validate(namespacesEnabled bool) error {
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/mesh_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/mesh_types.go
index c637c1a783..671da5c8e7 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/mesh_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/mesh_types.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (in *Mesh) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.MeshConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.MeshConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
 }
 
 func (in *Mesh) Validate(_ bool) error {
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/proxydefaults_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/proxydefaults_types.go
index bf4024eafa..a296962d11 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/proxydefaults_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/proxydefaults_types.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (in *ProxyDefaults) MatchesConsul(candidate api.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ProxyConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ProxyConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
 		cmp.Comparer(transparentProxyConfigComparer))
 }
 
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicedefaults_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicedefaults_types.go
index 8ad227b671..339f7ff32d 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicedefaults_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicedefaults_types.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (in *ServiceDefaults) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
 		cmp.Comparer(transparentProxyConfigComparer))
 }
 
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceintentions_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceintentions_types.go
index 4a9aba6eca..50dcb98476 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceintentions_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceintentions_types.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (in *ServiceIntentions) MatchesConsul(candidate api.ConfigEntry) bool {
 	return cmp.Equal(
 		in.ToConsul(""),
 		configEntry,
-		cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceIntentionsConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"),
+		cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceIntentionsConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"),
 		cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.SourceIntention{}, "LegacyID", "LegacyMeta", "LegacyCreateTime", "LegacyUpdateTime", "Precedence", "Type"),
 		cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(),
 		cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceresolver_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceresolver_types.go
index d606cfdf30..ef8f69db2e 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceresolver_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/serviceresolver_types.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (in *ServiceResolver) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceResolverConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceResolverConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
 }
 
 func (in *ServiceResolver) ConsulGlobalResource() bool {
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go
index a1a86d7b80..a6077fff7f 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func (in *ServiceRouter) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceRouterConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceRouterConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
 }
 
 func (in *ServiceRouter) Validate(namespacesEnabled bool) error {
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicesplitter_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicesplitter_types.go
index 45e0e7cb66..97b9e65237 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicesplitter_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicesplitter_types.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (in *ServiceSplitter) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceSplitterConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.ServiceSplitterConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
 }
 
 func (in *ServiceSplitter) Validate(namespacesEnabled bool) error {
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/terminatinggateway_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/terminatinggateway_types.go
index d8138b1a42..18ede3b47d 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/terminatinggateway_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/terminatinggateway_types.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (in *TerminatingGateway) MatchesConsul(candidate capi.ConfigEntry) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	// No datacenter is passed to ToConsul as we ignore the Meta field when checking for equality.
-	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.TerminatingGatewayConfigEntry{}, "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
+	return cmp.Equal(in.ToConsul(""), configEntry, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(capi.TerminatingGatewayConfigEntry{}, "Partition", "Namespace", "Meta", "ModifyIndex", "CreateIndex"), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty())
 }
 
 func (in *TerminatingGateway) Validate(namespacesEnabled bool) error {
diff --git a/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_ent_test.go b/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_ent_test.go
index 1ab5cfe254..4b75426346 100644
--- a/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_ent_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_ent_test.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func TestReconcileCreateEndpointWithNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 					require.EqualValues(t, 1, len(check))
 					// Ignoring Namespace because the response from ENT includes it and OSS does not.
-					var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace"}
+					var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace", "Partition"}
 					require.True(t, cmp.Equal(check[setup.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i].CheckID], setup.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i], cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.AgentCheck{}, ignoredFields...)))
 				}
 			}
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ func TestReconcileUpdateEndpointWithNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 						require.NoError(t, err)
 						require.EqualValues(t, 1, len(check))
 						// Ignoring Namespace because the response from ENT includes it and OSS does not.
-						var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace"}
+						var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace", "Partition"}
 						require.True(t, cmp.Equal(check[tt.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i].CheckID], tt.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i], cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.AgentCheck{}, ignoredFields...)))
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_test.go b/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_test.go
index 229a8618fd..5f1a0dadd8 100644
--- a/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/connect-inject/endpoints_controller_test.go
@@ -351,25 +351,6 @@ func TestProcessUpstreams(t *testing.T) {
 			consulNamespacesEnabled: true,
 			consulPartitionsEnabled: true,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "single upstream with partition",
-			pod: func() *corev1.Pod {
-				pod1 := createPod("pod1", "1.2.3.4", true, true)
-				pod1.Annotations[annotationUpstreams] = "upstream.default.bar:1234"
-				return pod1
-			},
-			expected: []api.Upstream{
-				{
-					DestinationType:      api.UpstreamDestTypeService,
-					DestinationName:      "upstream",
-					LocalBindPort:        1234,
-					DestinationNamespace: "default",
-					DestinationPartition: "bar",
-				},
-			},
-			consulNamespacesEnabled: false,
-			consulPartitionsEnabled: true,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "multiple upstreams",
 			pod: func() *corev1.Pod {
@@ -1096,7 +1077,7 @@ func TestReconcileCreateEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 				// of the regular require.Equal call since it supports ignoring certain
 				// fields.
 				diff := cmp.Diff(tt.expectedProxySvcInstances[i].ServiceProxy, instance.ServiceProxy,
-					cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.Upstream{}, "DestinationNamespace"))
+					cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.Upstream{}, "DestinationNamespace", "DestinationPartition"))
 				require.Empty(t, diff, "expected objects to be equal")
 			}
 
@@ -1118,7 +1099,7 @@ func TestReconcileCreateEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 					require.EqualValues(t, len(check), 1)
 					// Ignoring Namespace because the response from ENT includes it and OSS does not.
-					var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace"}
+					var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace", "Partition"}
 					require.True(t, cmp.Equal(check[tt.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i].CheckID], tt.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i], cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.AgentCheck{}, ignoredFields...)))
 				}
 			}
@@ -2464,7 +2445,7 @@ func TestReconcileUpdateEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 					require.EqualValues(t, len(check), 1)
 					// Ignoring Namespace because the response from ENT includes it and OSS does not.
-					var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace"}
+					var ignoredFields = []string{"Node", "Definition", "Namespace", "Partition"}
 					require.True(t, cmp.Equal(check[tt.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i].CheckID], tt.expectedAgentHealthChecks[i], cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.AgentCheck{}, ignoredFields...)))
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/control-plane/go.mod b/control-plane/go.mod
index adaedabaef..cf90cff87d 100644
--- a/control-plane/go.mod
+++ b/control-plane/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
-	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.10.1-0.20210913215352-5b658d2f392d
+	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.10.1-0.20210915232521-e0a7900f52bf
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.8.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-discover v0.0.0-20200812215701-c4b85f6ed31f
diff --git a/control-plane/go.sum b/control-plane/go.sum
index 7a0487c1db..73b2ec8e4e 100644
--- a/control-plane/go.sum
+++ b/control-plane/go.sum
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.9.5/go.mod h1:vNeuVxBJEsws4ogUvrchl83t
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:VmuI/Lkw1nC05EYQWNKwWGbkg+FbDBtguAZLlVdkD9Q=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.10.1-0.20210913215352-5b658d2f392d h1:IBMYvG34CbxQqM55tBk8aVtmIQxvcczI0BqyxmbQDBs=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.10.1-0.20210913215352-5b658d2f392d/go.mod h1:sDjTOq0yUyv5G4h+BqSea7Fn6BU+XbolEz1952UB+mk=
+github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.10.1-0.20210915232521-e0a7900f52bf h1:fouyN8SkrE4py09XaOru4PCM9zunem39CjOrMJMrKsc=
+github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.10.1-0.20210915232521-e0a7900f52bf/go.mod h1:sDjTOq0yUyv5G4h+BqSea7Fn6BU+XbolEz1952UB+mk=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.1.1/go.mod h1:VKf9jXwCTEY1QZP2MOLRhb5i/I/ssyNV1vwHyQBF0x8=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.7.0/go.mod h1:fY08Y9z5SvJqevyZNy6WWPXiG3KwBPAvlcdx16zZ0fM=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.8.0 h1:OJtKBtEjboEZvG6AOUdh4Z1Zbyu0WcxQ0qatRrZHTVU=
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command.go b/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command.go
index a131f77024..d8158b5f20 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ type Command struct {
 	UI cli.Ui
 
 	flagACLAuthMethod          string // Auth Method to use for ACLs, if enabled.
-	flagPartition              string // Admin Partition name. Consul Enterprise 1.11+ feature.
 	flagPodName                string // Pod name.
 	flagPodNamespace           string // Pod namespace.
 	flagAuthMethodNamespace    string // Consul namespace the auth-method is defined in.
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ type Command struct {
 func (c *Command) init() {
 	c.flagSet = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagACLAuthMethod, "acl-auth-method", "", "Name of the auth method to login to.")
-	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagPartition, "partition", "", "Name of the Admin Partition of deployment.")
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagPodName, "pod-name", "", "Name of the pod.")
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagPodNamespace, "pod-namespace", "", "Name of the pod namespace.")
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagAuthMethodNamespace, "auth-method-namespace", "", "Consul namespace the auth-method is defined in")
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 		}
 	}
 	cfg := api.DefaultConfig()
-	cfg.Partition = c.flagPartition
 	cfg.Namespace = c.flagConsulServiceNamespace
 	c.http.MergeOntoConfig(cfg)
 	consulClient, err := consul.NewClient(cfg)
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command_ent_test.go b/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command_ent_test.go
index 010d325794..83f456cb2e 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command_ent_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/connect-init/command_ent_test.go
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ func TestRun_ServicePollingWithACLsAndTLSWithNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 				tokenSinkFile:                      tokenFile,
 				proxyIDFile:                        proxyFile,
 				serviceRegistrationPollingAttempts: 5,
-				flagPartition:                      c.adminPartition,
 			}
 			// We build the http-addr because normally it's defined by the init container setting
 			// CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR when it processes the command template.
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/controller/command.go b/control-plane/subcommand/controller/command.go
index 1e574d539f..0e7a84a540 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/controller/command.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/controller/command.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ type Command struct {
 	flagEnableLeaderElection bool
 	flagEnableWebhooks       bool
 	flagDatacenter           string
-	flagPartition            string
 	flagLogLevel             string
 	flagLogJSON              bool
 
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ func (c *Command) init() {
 			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagDatacenter, "datacenter", "",
 		"Name of the Consul datacenter the controller is operating in. This is added as metadata on managed custom resources.")
-	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagPartition, "partition", "",
-		"Name of the Consul Admin Partition the controller is operating in. The config entries are created in this partition.")
 	c.flagSet.BoolVar(&c.flagEnableNamespaces, "enable-namespaces", false,
 		"[Enterprise Only] Enables Consul Enterprise namespaces, in either a single Consul namespace or mirrored.")
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagConsulDestinationNamespace, "consul-destination-namespace", "default",
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/flags/http.go b/control-plane/subcommand/flags/http.go
index b88acafcfd..090ef3bad1 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/flags/http.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/flags/http.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (f *HTTPFlags) Flags() *flag.FlagSet {
 		"The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS. This "+
 			"can also be specified via the CONSUL_TLS_SERVER_NAME environment variable.")
 	fs.Var(&f.partition, "partition",
-		"[Enterprise Only] Name of the Consul Admin Partition the controller is operating in. The config entries are created in this partition.")
+		"[Enterprise Only] Name of the Consul Admin Partition to query. Default to \"default\" if Admin Partitions are enabled.")
 	return fs
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ func (f *HTTPFlags) ReadTokenFile() (string, error) {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(data)), nil
 }
 
+func (f *HTTPFlags) Partition() string {
+	return f.partition.String()
+}
+
 func (f *HTTPFlags) APIClient() (*api.Client, error) {
 	c := api.DefaultConfig()
 
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/flags/usage_test.go b/control-plane/subcommand/flags/usage_test.go
index 0b9c4793c9..2cf18ed166 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/flags/usage_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/flags/usage_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ HTTP API Options
      can also be set to HTTPS by setting the environment variable
      CONSUL_HTTP_SSL=true.
 
+  -partition=<value>
+     [Enterprise Only] Name of the Consul Admin Partition to query.
+     Default to "default" if Admin Partitions are enabled.
+
   -tls-server-name=<value>
      The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via
      TLS. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_TLS_SERVER_NAME
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command.go b/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command.go
index 1495c8d7c0..e93e07a48e 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command.go
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ type Command struct {
 	flagAllowK8sNamespacesList []string // K8s namespaces to explicitly inject
 	flagDenyK8sNamespacesList  []string // K8s namespaces to deny injection (has precedence)
 
-	flagEnablePartitions bool   // Use Admin Partitions on all components
-	flagPartitionName    string // Name of Admin Partition if enabled.
+	flagEnablePartitions bool // Use Admin Partitions on all components
 
 	// Flags to support Consul namespaces
 	flagEnableNamespaces           bool   // Use namespacing on all components
@@ -146,8 +145,6 @@ func (c *Command) init() {
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagReleaseNamespace, "release-namespace", "default", "The Consul Helm installation namespace, e.g 'helm install <RELEASE-NAME> --namespace <RELEASE-NAMESPACE>'")
 	c.flagSet.BoolVar(&c.flagEnablePartitions, "enable-partitions", false,
 		"[Enterprise Only] Enables Admin Partitions.")
-	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagPartitionName, "partition-name", "",
-		"[Enterprise Only] Name of the Admin Partition.")
 	c.flagSet.BoolVar(&c.flagEnableNamespaces, "enable-namespaces", false,
 		"[Enterprise Only] Enables namespaces, in either a single Consul namespace or mirrored.")
 	c.flagSet.StringVar(&c.flagConsulDestinationNamespace, "consul-destination-namespace", "default",
@@ -235,12 +232,14 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	if c.flagEnablePartitions && c.flagPartitionName == "" {
+	if c.flagEnablePartitions && c.http.Partition() == "" {
 		c.UI.Error("-partition-name must set if -enable-partitions is set to 'true'")
+		return 1
 	}
 
-	if c.flagPartitionName != "" && !c.flagEnablePartitions {
+	if c.http.Partition() != "" && !c.flagEnablePartitions {
 		c.UI.Error("-enable-partitions must be set to 'true' if -partition-name is set")
+		return 1
 	}
 
 	// Proxy resources.
@@ -349,8 +348,6 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 		}
 	}
 
-	cfg.Partition = c.flagPartitionName
-
 	// Set up Consul client.
 	if c.consulClient == nil {
 		var err error
@@ -464,7 +461,7 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 			MetricsConfig:              metricsConfig,
 			InitContainerResources:     initResources,
 			ConsulSidecarResources:     consulSidecarResources,
-			ConsulPartition:            c.flagPartitionName,
+			ConsulPartition:            c.http.Partition(),
 			AllowK8sNamespacesSet:      allowK8sNamespaces,
 			DenyK8sNamespacesSet:       denyK8sNamespaces,
 			EnableNamespaces:           c.flagEnableNamespaces,
diff --git a/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command_test.go b/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command_test.go
index a0417a9079..88dcd20768 100644
--- a/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/subcommand/inject-connect/command_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestRun_FlagValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			flags: []string{"-consul-k8s-image", "foo", "-consul-image", "foo", "-envoy-image", "envoy:1.16.0",
-				"-partition-name", "default"},
+				"-partition", "default"},
 			expErr: "-enable-partitions must be set to 'true' if -partition-name is set",
 		},
 		{