diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-external/app/helm-release.yaml b/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-external/app/helm-release.yaml
index 063074f6fc4..2a4d3af5084 100644
--- a/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-external/app/helm-release.yaml
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-external/app/helm-release.yaml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ spec:
   interval: 15m
   chart:
     spec:
-      chart: 'ingress-nginx'
+      chart: ingress-nginx
       version: 4.12.1
       sourceRef:
         kind: HelmRepository
-        name: 'ingress-nginx'
+        name: ingress-nginx
         namespace: flux-system
       interval: 15m
   timeout: 20m
diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-internal/app/helm-release.yaml b/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-internal/app/helm-release.yaml
index 3fc55a5ecfd..0f0bdcd4378 100644
--- a/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-internal/app/helm-release.yaml
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/kubernetes/networking/nginx-internal/app/helm-release.yaml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ spec:
   interval: 15m
   chart:
     spec:
-      chart: 'ingress-nginx'
+      chart: ingress-nginx
       version: 4.12.1
       sourceRef:
         kind: HelmRepository
-        name: 'ingress-nginx'
+        name: ingress-nginx
         namespace: flux-system
       interval: 15m
   timeout: 20m
diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/ingress-nginx.yaml b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/ingress-nginx.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab3e70e5a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/ingress-nginx.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://kubernetes-schemas.pages.dev/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/helmrepository_v1.json
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: ingress-nginx
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  ## TODO: move to OCI
+  # type: oci
+  interval: 5m
+  url: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx
diff --git a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml
index 655350d63be..517176c306d 100644
--- a/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clustertool/embed/generic/root/repositories/helm/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ resources:
   - csi-driver-nfs.yaml
   - descheduler.yaml
   - home-ops-mirror.yaml
+  - ingress-nginx.yaml
   - intel.yaml
   - jetstack.yaml
   - kubernetes-sigs-metrics-server.yaml