diff --git a/examples/gke/tei-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml b/examples/gke/tei-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml
index f46f916f..286eba14 100644
--- a/examples/gke/tei-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/tei-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: tei-ingress
+  # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "gce"
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: "gce"
   rules:
     - http:
         paths:
diff --git a/examples/gke/tei-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml b/examples/gke/tei-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml
index f46f916f..286eba14 100644
--- a/examples/gke/tei-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/tei-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: tei-ingress
+  # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "gce"
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: "gce"
   rules:
     - http:
         paths:
diff --git a/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml b/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml
index 34e64170..b6855a51 100644
--- a/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/cpu-config/ingress.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: tei-ingress
   namespace: hf-gke-namespace
+  # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "gce"
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: "gce"
   rules:
     - http:
         paths:
diff --git a/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml b/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml
index 34e64170..b6855a51 100644
--- a/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/tei-from-gcs-deployment/gpu-config/ingress.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: tei-ingress
   namespace: hf-gke-namespace
+  # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "gce"
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: "gce"
   rules:
     - http:
         paths:
diff --git a/examples/gke/tgi-deployment/config/ingress.yaml b/examples/gke/tgi-deployment/config/ingress.yaml
index 11cb1a20..a5c5fc1d 100644
--- a/examples/gke/tgi-deployment/config/ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/tgi-deployment/config/ingress.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: tgi-ingress
+  # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "gce"
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: "gce"
   rules:
     - http:
         paths:
diff --git a/examples/gke/tgi-from-gcs-deployment/config/ingress.yaml b/examples/gke/tgi-from-gcs-deployment/config/ingress.yaml
index f8710e17..f7db6bc4 100644
--- a/examples/gke/tgi-from-gcs-deployment/config/ingress.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/tgi-from-gcs-deployment/config/ingress.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: tgi-ingress
   namespace: hf-gke-namespace
+  # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "gce"
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: "gce"
   rules:
     - http:
         paths: