diff --git a/pkg/webhook/server.go b/pkg/webhook/server.go
index 5bdc847e17..8c5f2ac4cb 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/server.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/server.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ import (
 // DefaultPort is the default port that the webhook server serves.
 var DefaultPort = 9443
 
+// ExportedTLSConfig is used in unit tests to ensure propagation of tls related configurables to server.
+var ExportedTLSConfig *tls.Config
+
 // Server is an admission webhook server that can serve traffic and
 // generates related k8s resources for deploying.
 //
@@ -76,6 +79,10 @@ type Server struct {
 	// "", "1.0", "1.1", "1.2" and "1.3" only ("" is equivalent to "1.0" for backwards compatibility)
 	TLSMinVersion string
 
+	// TLSCiphers is used to specify the cipher algorithms that are negotiated
+	// during the TLS handshake, refer to https://pkg.go.dev/crypto/tls#CipherSuites
+	TLSCiphers []string
+
 	// WebhookMux is the multiplexer that handles different webhooks.
 	WebhookMux *http.ServeMux
 
@@ -204,6 +211,23 @@ func tlsVersion(version string) (uint16, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// tlsCipherSuitesIDs converts cipher suite names
+// to the values accepted by tls.Config (for example 0xc02b).
+func tlsCipherSuitesIDs(names []string) []uint16 {
+	idByName := map[string]uint16{}
+	for _, cipherSuite := range tls.CipherSuites() {
+		idByName[cipherSuite.Name] = cipherSuite.ID
+	}
+
+	ids := []uint16{}
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if id, ok := idByName[name]; ok {
+			ids = append(ids, id)
+		}
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
 // Start runs the server.
 // It will install the webhook related resources depend on the server configuration.
 func (s *Server) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -254,6 +278,13 @@ func (s *Server) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		cfg.ClientAuth = tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert
 	}
 
+	// load passed in TLS ciphers
+	if s.TLSCiphers != nil {
+		cipherSuites := tlsCipherSuitesIDs(s.TLSCiphers)
+		cfg.CipherSuites = cipherSuites
+	}
+	ExportedTLSConfig = cfg
+
 	listener, err := tls.Listen("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(s.Host, strconv.Itoa(s.Port)), cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/server_test.go b/pkg/webhook/server_test.go
index 2ed986e405..cef84d52a7 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/server_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package webhook_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Webhook Server", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	It("should serve be able to serve in unmanaged mode", func() {
+	It("should be able to serve in unmanaged mode", func() {
 		server = &webhook.Server{
 			Host:    servingOpts.LocalServingHost,
 			Port:    servingOpts.LocalServingPort,
@@ -207,6 +208,45 @@ var _ = Describe("Webhook Server", func() {
 		ctxCancel()
 		Eventually(doneCh, "4s").Should(BeClosed())
 	})
+
+	It("should respect passed in TLS configurations", func() {
+		ciphers := []string{
+			"TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
+			"TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
+			"TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256",
+			"ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256",
+			"ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256",
+			"ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384",
+			"ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384",
+			"ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305",
+			"ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305",
+			"DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256",
+			"DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384",
+		}
+		server = &webhook.Server{
+			Host:          servingOpts.LocalServingHost,
+			Port:          servingOpts.LocalServingPort,
+			CertDir:       servingOpts.LocalServingCertDir,
+			TLSMinVersion: "1.2",
+			TLSCiphers:    ciphers,
+		}
+		server.Register("/somepath", &testHandler{})
+		doneCh := genericStartServer(func(ctx context.Context) {
+			Expect(server.StartStandalone(ctx, scheme.Scheme))
+		})
+
+		Eventually(func() ([]byte, error) {
+			resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/somepath", testHostPort))
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		}).Should(Equal([]byte("gadzooks!")))
+		Expect(webhook.ExportedTLSConfig.MinVersion).To(Equal(uint16(tls.VersionTLS12)))
+		Expect(webhook.ExportedTLSConfig.CipherSuites).To(ContainElement(tls.TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256))
+
+		ctxCancel()
+		Eventually(doneCh, "4s").Should(BeClosed())
+	})
 })
 
 type testHandler struct {