diff --git a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md
index 501be686..7fbb2d93 100644
--- a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md
+++ b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ The same for container level, you need to set:
 | config.ingressPublishService | string | `""` | the controller will use the Endpoint of this Service to update the status information of the Ingress resource. The format is "namespace/svc-name" to solve the situation that the data plane and the controller are not deployed in the same namespace. |
 | config.ingressStatusAddress | list | `[]` |  |
 | config.keyFile | string | `"/etc/webhook/certs/key.pem"` | the TLS key file path. |
-| config.kubernetes | object | `{"apiVersion":"apisix.apache.org/v2","apisixRouteVersion":"apisix.apache.org/v2","electionId":"ingress-apisix-leader","enableGatewayAPI":false,"ingressClass":"apisix","ingressVersion":"networking/v1","kubeconfig":"","namespaceSelector":[""],"pluginMetadataCM":"","resyncInterval":"6h","watchEndpointSlices":false}` | Kubernetes related configurations. |
+| config.kubernetes | object | `{"apiVersion":"apisix.apache.org/v2","apisixRouteVersion":"apisix.apache.org/v2","electionId":"ingress-apisix-leader","enableGatewayAPI":false,"ingressClass":"apisix","ingressVersion":"networking/v1","kubeconfig":"","namespaceSelector":[""],"resyncInterval":"6h","watchEndpointSlices":false}` | Kubernetes related configurations. |
 | config.kubernetes.apiVersion | string | `"apisix.apache.org/v2"` | the resource API version, support "apisix.apache.org/v2beta3" and "apisix.apache.org/v2". default is "apisix.apache.org/v2" |
 | config.kubernetes.apisixRouteVersion | string | `"apisix.apache.org/v2"` | the supported apisixroute api group version, can be "apisix.apache.org/v2" "apisix.apache.org/v2beta3" or "apisix.apache.org/v2beta2" |
 | config.kubernetes.electionId | string | `"ingress-apisix-leader"` | the election id for the controller leader campaign, only the leader will watch and delivery resource changes, other instances (as candidates) stand by. |
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ The same for container level, you need to set:
 | config.kubernetes.ingressVersion | string | `"networking/v1"` | the supported ingress api group version, can be "networking/v1beta1", "networking/v1" (for Kubernetes version v1.19.0 or higher), and "extensions/v1beta1", default is "networking/v1". |
 | config.kubernetes.kubeconfig | string | `""` | the Kubernetes configuration file path, default is "", so the in-cluster configuration will be used. |
 | config.kubernetes.namespaceSelector | list | `[""]` | namespace_selector represent basis for selecting managed namespaces. the field is support since version 1.4.0 For example, "apisix.ingress=watching", so ingress will watching the namespaces which labels "apisix.ingress=watching" |
-| config.kubernetes.pluginMetadataCM | string | `""` | Pluginmetadata in APISIX can be controlled through ConfigMap. default is "" |
 | config.kubernetes.resyncInterval | string | `"6h"` | how long should apisix-ingress-controller re-synchronizes with Kubernetes, default is 6h, |
 | config.kubernetes.watchEndpointSlices | bool | `false` | whether to watch EndpointSlices rather than Endpoints. |
 | config.logLevel | string | `"info"` | the error log level, default is info, optional values are: debug, info, warn, error, panic, fatal |
 | config.logOutput | string | `"stderr"` | the output file path of error log, default is stderr, when the file path is "stderr" or "stdout", logs are marshalled plainly, which is more readable for human; otherwise logs are marshalled in JSON format, which can be parsed by programs easily. |
+| config.pluginMetadataCM | string | `""` | Pluginmetadata in APISIX can be controlled through ConfigMap. default is "" |
 | fullnameOverride | string | `""` |  |
 | image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
 | image.repository | string | `"apache/apisix-ingress-controller"` |  |
diff --git a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/configmap.yaml
index d723094e..01612165 100644
--- a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ data:
     {{- end }}
     enable_profiling: {{ .Values.config.enableProfiling }}
     apisix_resource_sync_interval: {{ .Values.config.apisixResourceSyncInterval }}
+    plugin_metadata_cm: {{ .Values.config.pluginMetadataCM | quote }}
     kubernetes:
       kubeconfig: {{ .Values.config.kubernetes.kubeconfig | quote }}
       resync_interval: {{ .Values.config.kubernetes.resyncInterval | quote }}
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ data:
       apisix_route_version: {{ .Values.config.kubernetes.apisixRouteVersion | quote }}
       enable_gateway_api: {{ .Values.config.kubernetes.enableGatewayAPI }}
       apisix_version: {{ .Values.config.kubernetes.apiVersion | quote }}
-      plugin_metadata_cm: {{ .Values.config.kubernetes.pluginMetadataCM | quote }}
     apisix:
       admin_api_version: {{ .Values.config.apisix.adminAPIVersion | quote }}
       {{- if .Values.config.etcdserver.enabled }}
diff --git a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml
index 0ab5425c..ed98e397 100644
--- a/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/apisix-ingress-controller/values.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ config:
   enableProfiling: true
   # -- Default interval for synchronizing Kubernetes resources to APISIX
   apisixResourceSyncInterval: "1h"
+  # -- Pluginmetadata in APISIX can be controlled through ConfigMap. default is ""
+  pluginMetadataCM: ""
   # -- Kubernetes related configurations.
   kubernetes:
     # -- the Kubernetes configuration file path, default is "", so the in-cluster
@@ -135,8 +137,7 @@ config:
     # -- the resource API version, support "apisix.apache.org/v2beta3" and "apisix.apache.org/v2".
     # default is "apisix.apache.org/v2"
     apiVersion: "apisix.apache.org/v2"
-    # -- Pluginmetadata in APISIX can be controlled through ConfigMap. default is ""
-    pluginMetadataCM: ""
+
 
   # -- APISIX related configurations.
   apisix: