diff --git a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
index bdadb12943..8257a9fbdf 100644
--- a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ maintainers:
 name: kong
 sources:
 - https://github.com/Kong/kong
-version: 0.6.7
+version: 0.6.8
 appVersion: 0.14.1
diff --git a/stable/kong/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/stable/kong/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 7824bde6f6..851abd7cb6 100644
--- a/stable/kong/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ spec:
         - --publish-service={{ .Release.Namespace }}/{{ template "kong.fullname" . }}-proxy
         # Set the ingress class
         - --ingress-class={{ .Values.ingressController.ingressClass }}
+        - --election-id=kong-ingress-controller-leader-{{ .Values.ingressController.ingressClass }}
         env:
         - name: POD_NAME
           valueFrom: