diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
index f001486a4c..ce3f3d7703 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 gitea_no_log: true
-gitea_reverse_proxy: false
+gitea_reverse_proxy: true