diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 5cf5bb179e..62c6807dd6 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.digest | string | `"sha256:a320a50cc91bd15fd2d6fa6de58bd98c1bd64b9a6f926ce23a600d87043455a3"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.image | string | `"ingress-nginx/kube-webhook-certgen"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
-| controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.tag | string | `"v1.4.3"` |  |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.labels | object | `{}` | Labels to be added to patch job resources |
 | controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.networkPolicy.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable 'networkPolicy' or not |
@@ -328,7 +327,6 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.image.image | string | `"ingress-nginx/controller"` |  |
 | controller.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
 | controller.image.readOnlyRootFilesystem | bool | `false` |  |
-| controller.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
 | controller.image.runAsGroup | int | `82` | This value must not be changed using the official image. uid=101(www-data) gid=82(www-data) groups=82(www-data) |
 | controller.image.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
 | controller.image.runAsUser | int | `101` | This value must not be changed using the official image. uid=101(www-data) gid=82(www-data) groups=82(www-data) |
@@ -404,7 +402,6 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.opentelemetry.image.digest | string | `"sha256:f7604ac0547ed64d79b98d92133234e66c2c8aade3c1f4809fed5eec1fb7f922"` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.image.distroless | bool | `true` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.image.image | string | `"ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.image.tag | string | `"v20240813-b933310d"` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.name | string | `"opentelemetry"` |  |
 | controller.opentelemetry.resources | object | `{}` |  |
@@ -506,7 +503,6 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | defaultBackend.image.image | string | `"defaultbackend-amd64"` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.readOnlyRootFilesystem | bool | `true` |  |
-| defaultBackend.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.runAsGroup | int | `65534` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
 | defaultBackend.image.runAsUser | int | `65534` |  |
@@ -548,6 +544,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | defaultBackend.unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy | string | `""` | Eviction policy for unhealthy pods guarded by PodDisruptionBudget. Ref: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/01/06/unhealthy-pod-eviction-policy-for-pdbs/ |
 | defaultBackend.updateStrategy | object | `{}` | The update strategy to apply to the Deployment or DaemonSet # |
 | dhParam | string | `""` | A base64-encoded Diffie-Hellman parameter. This can be generated with: `openssl dhparam 4096 2> /dev/null | base64` # Ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main/docs/examples/customization/ssl-dh-param |
+| global.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` | Registry host to pull images from. |
 | imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` | Optional array of imagePullSecrets containing private registry credentials # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/ |
 | namespaceOverride | string | `""` | Override the deployment namespace; defaults to .Release.Namespace |
 | portNamePrefix | string | `""` | Prefix for TCP and UDP ports names in ingress controller service # Some cloud providers, like Yandex Cloud may have a requirements for a port name regex to support cloud load balancer integration |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
index 176616467c..af3ea12a32 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: create
-          {{- with .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image }}
+          {{- with (merge .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image .Values.global.image) }}
           image: {{ if .repository }}{{ .repository }}{{ else }}{{ .registry }}/{{ .image }}{{ end }}:{{ .tag }}{{ if .digest }}@{{ .digest }}{{ end }}
           {{- end }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.pullPolicy }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
index f7d44a24db..87dd2c251f 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: patch
-          {{- with .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image }}
+          {{- with (merge .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image .Values.global.image) }}
           image: {{ if .repository }}{{ .repository }}{{ else }}{{ .registry }}/{{ .image }}{{ end }}:{{ .tag }}{{ if .digest }}@{{ .digest }}{{ end }}
           {{- end }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.patch.image.pullPolicy }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
index fcc633d3d4..b2c2c279b3 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Values.controller.containerName }}
-          {{- with .Values.controller.image }}
+          {{- with (merge .Values.controller.image .Values.global.image) }}
           image: {{ if .repository }}{{ .repository }}{{ else }}{{ .registry }}/{{ include "ingress-nginx.image" . }}{{ end }}:{{ .tag }}{{ include "ingress-nginx.imageDigest" . }}
           {{- end }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.image.pullPolicy }}
@@ -182,13 +182,13 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
         {{- range .Values.controller.extraModules }}
           {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" (merge .image $.Values.global.image) "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled }}
         {{- with .Values.controller.opentelemetry }}
           {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" (merge .image $.Values.global.image) "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index c046311b0c..7091924c02 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Values.controller.containerName }}
-          {{- with .Values.controller.image }}
+          {{- with (merge .Values.controller.image .Values.global.image) }}
           image: {{ if .repository }}{{ .repository }}{{ else }}{{ .registry }}/{{ include "ingress-nginx.image" . }}{{ end }}:{{ .tag }}{{ include "ingress-nginx.imageDigest" . }}
           {{- end }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.controller.image.pullPolicy }}
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
         {{- range .Values.controller.extraModules }}
           {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" (merge .image $.Values.global.image) "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled }}
         {{- with .Values.controller.opentelemetry }}
           {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" (merge .image $.Values.global.image) "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
index 6755e23783..f7d9de1215 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ template "ingress-nginx.name" . }}-default-backend
-          {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.image }}
+          {{- with (merge .Values.defaultBackend.image .Values.global.image) }}
           image: {{ if .repository }}{{ .repository }}{{ else }}{{ .registry }}/{{ .image }}{{ end }}:{{ .tag }}{{ if .digest }}@{{ .digest }}{{ end }}
           {{- end }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.image.pullPolicy }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-daemonset_test.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-daemonset_test.yaml
index 0e7b79e957..c28c6ee0d2 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-daemonset_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-daemonset_test.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ tests:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].securityContext.runAsGroup
           value: 1000
 
+  - it: should create a DaemonSet with a custom registry if `global.image.registry` is set
+    set:
+      global.image.registry: custom.registry.io
+      controller.kind: DaemonSet
+      controller.image.tag: v1.0.0-dev
+      controller.image.digest: sha256:faa2d18687f734994b6bd9e309e7a73852a81c30e1b8f63165fcd4f0a087e3cd
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
+          value: custom.registry.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.0.0-dev@sha256:faa2d18687f734994b6bd9e309e7a73852a81c30e1b8f63165fcd4f0a087e3cd
+
   - it: should create a DaemonSet with a custom registry if `controller.image.registry` is set
     set:
       controller.kind: DaemonSet
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-deployment_test.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-deployment_test.yaml
index 1954b7ec9c..2c57636fb9 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-deployment_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/controller-deployment_test.yaml
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ tests:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].securityContext.runAsGroup
           value: 1000
 
+  - it: should create a Deployment with a custom registry if `global.image.registry` is set
+    set:
+      global.image.registry: custom.registry.io
+      controller.image.tag: v1.0.0-dev
+      controller.image.digest: sha256:faa2d18687f734994b6bd9e309e7a73852a81c30e1b8f63165fcd4f0a087e3cd
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
+          value: custom.registry.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.0.0-dev@sha256:faa2d18687f734994b6bd9e309e7a73852a81c30e1b8f63165fcd4f0a087e3cd
+
   - it: should create a Deployment with a custom registry if `controller.image.registry` is set
     set:
       controller.image.registry: custom.registry.io
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/default-backend-deployment_test.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/default-backend-deployment_test.yaml
index e90e6f9443..c3fa33968a 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/default-backend-deployment_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/tests/default-backend-deployment_test.yaml
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ tests:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].securityContext.runAsGroup
           value: 1000
 
+  - it: should create a Deployment with a custom registry if `global.image.registry` is set
+    set:
+      global.image.registry: custom.registry.io
+      defaultBackend.enabled: true
+      defaultBackend.image.tag: v1.0.0-dev
+      defaultBackend.image.digest: sha256:faa2d18687f734994b6bd9e309e7a73852a81c30e1b8f63165fcd4f0a087e3cd
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
+          value: custom.registry.io/defaultbackend-amd64:v1.0.0-dev@sha256:faa2d18687f734994b6bd9e309e7a73852a81c30e1b8f63165fcd4f0a087e3cd
+
   - it: should create a Deployment with a custom registry if `defaultBackend.image.registry` is set
     set:
       defaultBackend.enabled: true
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index c2a0a15415..519c094249 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 ## Ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/main/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/index.md
 ##
 
+global:
+  image:
+    # -- Registry host to pull images from.
+    registry: registry.k8s.io
+
 ## Overrides for generated resource names
 # See templates/_helpers.tpl
 # nameOverride:
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ controller:
   image:
     ## Keep false as default for now!
     chroot: false
-    registry: registry.k8s.io
+    # registry: registry.k8s.io
     image: ingress-nginx/controller
     ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
     ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
@@ -686,7 +691,7 @@ controller:
   extraModules: []
   # - name: mytestmodule
   #   image:
-  #     registry: registry.k8s.io
+  #     # registry: registry.k8s.io
   #     image: ingress-nginx/mytestmodule
   #     ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
   #     ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ controller:
     enabled: false
     name: opentelemetry
     image:
-      registry: registry.k8s.io
+      # registry: registry.k8s.io
       image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3
       ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
       ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
@@ -810,7 +815,7 @@ controller:
     patch:
       enabled: true
       image:
-        registry: registry.k8s.io
+        # registry: registry.k8s.io
         image: ingress-nginx/kube-webhook-certgen
         ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
         ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
@@ -967,7 +972,7 @@ defaultBackend:
   enabled: false
   name: defaultbackend
   image:
-    registry: registry.k8s.io
+    # registry: registry.k8s.io
     image: defaultbackend-amd64
     ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
     ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail