diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.schema.json b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.schema.json
index 7b2034f743..9748af66b0 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.schema.json
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@
               },
               "required": [],
               "type": "object"
+            },
+            "workerConnections": {
+              "description": "The number of worker connections for NGINX. Default is 1024.",
+              "maximum": 65535,
+              "minimum": 1,
+              "required": [],
+              "type": "integer"
             }
           },
           "required": [],
diff --git a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
index 8354e2b926..cd55ef6eda 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric/values.yaml
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ nginx:
   #                 - IPAddress
   #             value:
   #               type: string
+  #   workerConnections:
+  #     type: integer
+  #     minimum: 1
+  #     maximum: 65535
+  #     description: The number of worker connections for NGINX. Default is 1024.
   # @schema
   # -- The configuration for the data plane that is contained in the NginxProxy resource. This is applied globally to all Gateways
   # managed by this instance of NGINX Gateway Fabric.